Predicting the safety performance associated with highway design decisions: A case study of the Sea to Sky Highway

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 352-360

  Sayed, Tarek ^a   De Leur, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b De Leur Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collision modification factors; Collision prediction; Highway design; Safety evaluation; Safety evaluation techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COLLISION MODIFICATION FACTORS; COLLISION PREDICTIONS; SAFETY EVALUATION TECHNIQUES; SAFETY EVALUATIONS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DECISION MAKING; NETWORK DESIGN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER; WHISTLER;

EID: 33746610612     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l04-091     Document Type: Article

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