Secondary accident rates on Los Angeles freeways

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-285

  Moore II, James E ^a   Giuliano, Genevieve ^a   Cho, Seongkil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Costs; Emergency; Interstate highways; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RESEARCH;

FREEWAY SERVICE PATROL (FSP); LOS ANGELES;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442489970     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2004)130:3(280)     Document Type: Article

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