Estimating safety benefits of shoulder rumble strips on two-lane rural highways in Minnesota: Empirical bayes observational before-and-after study

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2019, 2007, Pages 205-211

  Patel, Rushi B ^a,b   Council, Forrest M ^c   Griffith, Michael S ^d  

^a LENDIS Corporation   (United States)

^b Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS;

SINGLE-VEHICLE, RUN-OFF-THE-ROAD (SVROR); SVROR CRASHES;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 41549145457     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2019-24     Document Type: Article

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