Effect of median design on rural freeway safety flush medians with concrete barriers and depressed medians

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2060, 2008, Pages 29-37

  Tarko, Andrew P ^a   Villwock, Natalie M ^a   Blond, Nicolas ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; HIGHWAY PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE BARRIERS; CRASH PREDICTION; CRASH SEVERITY; FREEWAY SAFETIES; MEDIAN BARRIERS; RURAL FREEWAYS; SAFETY IMPACT; STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATIONS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TRANSPORTATION PLANS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 56749182611     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2060-04     Document Type: Article

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