A review of the road safety strategy in Hong Kong

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-37

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a   Wong, S C ^a   Hung, W T ^b   Lo, Hong K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Cross country comparisons; Development stages; Road safety components; Road safety strategy

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; ROAD SAFETY COMPONENTS; ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 33846143849     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.5670410103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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