Effects of road lighting on motorways

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-289

  Per, Ole Wanvik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive lighting; Evaluation study; Light poles; Motorways; Road lighting; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; LIGHT; NETHERLANDS; RISK; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; LIGHT; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 69149094381     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580902826866     Document Type: Article

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