The effects of area-wide road speed and curvature on traffic casualties in England

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 385-395

  Wang, Chao ^a   Quddus, Mohammed ^a   Ison, Stephen ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area wide road speed; Curvature; GIS; Spatial analysis; Transport safety

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CURVATURE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GIS; MOBILITY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67949088125     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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