Simulated safety performance of rear-end and angled vehicle interactions at isolated intersections

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1794-1803

  Cunto, Flávio ^a   Saccomanno, Frank F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microscopic simulation; Safety performance; Signalized and stop controlled intersections

Indexed keywords

CRASH POTENTIAL; DECELERATION RATE; FIXED SIGNAL CONTROL; ISOLATED INTERSECTION; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION MODELS; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC VEHICLES; SPEED PROFILE; VEHICLE INTERACTIONS;

INTERSECTIONS; SIMULATORS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

VEHICLES;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; VEHICLE COMPONENT;

EID: 70749097140     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-092     Document Type: Article

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