Practical method for estimating frequency of right-angle collisions at traffic signals

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1953, 2006, Pages 89-97

  Songchitruksa, Praprut ^a   Tarko, Andrew P ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

POSTENCROACHMENT TIMES (PET); REAR END COLLISIONS; RIGHT ANGLE COLLISIONS; SAFETY LEVELS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 33845285524     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1953-11     Document Type: Article

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