New criteria for evaluating methods of identifying hot spots

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2083, 2008, Pages 76-85

  Cheng, Wen ^a   Washington, Simon ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT FREQUENCY; ACCIDENT RATE; ACCIDENT REDUCTION; EVALUATION TEST; HOT SPOT IDENTIFICATION; HOTSPOTS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY PROFESSIONALS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 63849331464     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2083-09     Document Type: Article

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