Crashes with roadside objects along motorcycle lanes in Malaysia

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-210

  Tung, S H ^a   Wong, S V ^a   Law, T H ^a   Umar, R S Radin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Motorcycle crash; Motorcycle lane; Motorcycle guardrail crash; Odd ratio analysis; Road sided object

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; GUARD RAILS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOTORCYCLES; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

MOTORCYCLE CRASH; MOTORCYCLE LANE; MOTORCYCLE LANES; MOTORCYCLE-GUARDRAIL CRASH; ODD RATIO ANALYSIS; ROAD SIDED OBJECT;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 41549131779     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260701788534     Document Type: Article

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