Roadway departure crashes: How can they be reduced?

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 44-48

  Bahar, Geni B ^a  

^a NAVIGATS Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

COMPREHENSIVE PLANS; HIGHWAY AGENCIES; HIGHWAY SAFETIES; SAFETY ACTIVITIES;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 58149267666     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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