Explaining variation in safety performance of roundabouts

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Daniels, Stijn ^a   Brijs, Tom ^a   Nuyts, Erik ^b   Wets, Geert ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b PHL University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crash; Gamma; Poisson; Regression; Risk; Roundabout; Safety; Underdispersion

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CRASH; CRASH DATA; CRASH RATE; CYCLE PATH; EVALUATION STUDY; FLANDERS; GEOMETRIC DATA; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; POISSON REGRESSION; RISK MODEL; ROAD USERS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC DATA;

POISSON EQUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RISK; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76049102048     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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