Analysis of factors affecting the severity of head-on crashes two-lane rural highways in connecticut

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1953, 2006, Pages 137-146

  Zuxuan, Deng ^a   Ivan, John N ^b   Gårder, Per ^c  

^a Daniel Frankfurt PC   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c The University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PAVEMENTS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FATAL CRASHES; HIGHWAY NETWORKS; TWO LANE HIGHWAYS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 33845298953     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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