Study of vehicle speeds on a major highway in Ghana: Implication for monitoring and control

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-146

  Derry, James Damsere ^a   Afukaar, Francis K ^a   Donkor, Peter ^b   Mock, Charles ^c  

^a CSIR Building Road Research Institute   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Built up areas; Major highway; Mean speed; Speed control; Speed measurements

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; GHANA; SAFETY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GHANA; RADAR; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248566955     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580601100944     Document Type: Article

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