Examination of highway-rail grade crossing collisions over 10 years in seven midwestern states

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 16-26

  Raub, Richard A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM SYSTEMS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CRASHWORTHINESS; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

CROSSBUCKS; HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING COLLISIONS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 33646172773     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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