Signal treatments to reduce heavy vehicle crash-risk at metropolitan highway intersections

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-411

  Archer, Jeffery ^a   Young, William ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dilemma zone; Heavy vehicles; Signal treatment; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

DILEMMA ZONE; FIELD TRIALS; HEAVY VEHICLE CRASHES; HEAVY VEHICLES; HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS; MICRO SIMULATIONS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; RED LIGHTS; RED-LIGHT RUNNINGS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS; SAFETY PROBLEMS; SIGNAL TREATMENT; SIMULATION MODELS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

AMBER; INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PILOT PROJECTS; VICTORIA;

EID: 64849090772     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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