Characteristics of traffic accidents in Chinese freeway tunnels

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-355

  Ma, Zhuang lin ^a   Shao, Chun fu ^a   Zhang, Sheng rui ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution characteristics; Freeway tunnel; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; TUNNELS;

DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS; POLICE REPORTS; SEVERITY OF INJURIES; SPACE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TUNNEL;

EID: 61449207217     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2008.08.004     Document Type: Note

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