Relationship between train length and accident causes and rates

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2043, 2008, Pages 73-82

  Schafer II, Darwin H ^a   Barkan, Christopher P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENT RATE; ACCIDENTS CAUSE; CLASSIFIEDS; CRITICAL METRICS; NUMBER OF TRAINS; PERFORMANCE; PREVENTION MEASURES; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; TRANSPORTATION RISKS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

RAILROADS;

EID: 50849125727     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2043-09     Document Type: Article

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