Warning signs as countermeasures to camel-vehicle collisions in Saudi Arabia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 749-760

  Al Ghamdi, Ali S ^a   AlGadhi, Saad A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camel crossing warning sign; Camel vehicle collision; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM SYSTEMS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; SPEED REDUCERS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLE ACTUATED SIGNALS; VISIBILITY;

CAMEL-CROSSING WARNING SIGN; CAMEL-VEHICLE COLLISION; SAUDI ARABIA;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAMELS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 2942609086     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2003.05.006     Document Type: Article

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