A survey of operational definitions of hazardous road locations in some European countries

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1830-1835

  Elvik, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

European countries; Hazardous road locations; Operational definition; State of the art approach; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DECODING; NUMBER THEORY; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; WINDOWS;

ACCIDENT SEVERITIES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HAZARDOUS; HAZARDOUS ROAD LOCATIONS; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; NORMAL NUMBERS; OPERATIONAL DEFINITION; OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS; SLIDING WINDOWS; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54949128220     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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