An assessment of the skid resistance effect on traffic safety under wet-pavement conditions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 881-886

  Pardillo Mayora, José M ^a   Jurado Piña, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crash rates; Pavement friction; SCRIM; Skid resistance; Traffic safety; Wet pavement

Indexed keywords

CRASH RATES; PAVEMENT FRICTION; SCRIM; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WET PAVEMENT;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FRICTION; PAVEMENTS; RURAL ROADS; TRIBOLOGY;

SKID RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRICTION; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRICTION; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67349261291     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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