Driver behaviour, dilemma zone and safety effects at urban signalised intersections in Greece

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-158

  Papaioannou, Panagiotis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Choice model; Dilemma zone; Driver behaviour; Driver characteristics; Risk; Signalised intersection

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RURAL ROADS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

BINARY CHOICE MODELS; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; GENDER; SIGNALISED INTERSECTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GREECE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADAR; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750360208     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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