The identification of Hazardous road locations: A comparison of the blacksite and hot zone methodologies in Hong Kong

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-202

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blacksites; Crash analysis; Gis; Hot zones; Road safety

Indexed keywords

BLACKSITES; CRASH ANALYSIS; GIS; HOT ZONE; ROAD SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

COLLISION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; METHODOLOGY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 75749094706     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568310801915583     Document Type: Article

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