Crash costs in the United States by crash geometry

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 644-651

  Zaloshnja, Eduard ^a   Miller, Ted ^a   Council, Forrest ^b   Persaud, Bhagwant ^c  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b BMI   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Crash; Geometry; KABCO; Signalized; Speed limit

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUND VEHICLES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CRASH; KABCO; SIGNALIZED; SPEED LIMIT;

GEOMETRY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; POLICE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; POLICE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646344687     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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