Safety index for evaluation of two-lane rural highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2019, 2007, Pages 136-145

  Cafiso, Salvatore ^a   La Cava, Grazia ^a   Montella, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b AnsaldoSTS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

RANK CORRELATION; SAFETY ISSUES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 41549130058     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2019-17     Document Type: Article

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