Comparison of alternative methods for identifying sites with high proportion of specific accident types

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2019, 2007, Pages 212-218

  Lyon, Craig ^a   Gotts, Brent ^b   Wong, Wai Kei Felix ^c   Persaud, Bhagwant ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McCormick Rankin Corporation   (Canada)

^c Y and C Transportation Consultants Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POTENTIAL FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT (PSI); SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 41549131843     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2019-25     Document Type: Article

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