Segment characteristics and severity of head-on crashes on two-lane rural highways in Maine

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 652-661

  Gårder, Per ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisions; Crashes; Head on; Severity; Shoulder width; Speed

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

COLLISIONS; CRASHES; HEAD-ON; SEVERITY; SHOULDER WIDTH;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; MAINE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 33646377147     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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