Urban freeway crash analysis geometric, operational, and weather effects on crash number and severity

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2015, 2007, Pages 123-131

  Kopelias, Pantelis ^a   Papadimitriou, Fanis ^a   Papandreou, Konstantinos ^a   Prevedouros, Panos ^b  

^a Attikes Diadromes SA   (Greece)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY MARKINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRASH STATISTICS; DOWNHILL GRADE SECTIONS; PAVEMENT MARKINGS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 39349102561     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2015-14     Document Type: Article

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