Differences in the performance of safety performance functions estimated for total crash count and for crash count by crash type

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2102, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Jonsson, Thomas ^a   Lyon, Craig ^b   Ivan, John N ^c   Washington, Simon P ^d   Van Schalkwyk, Ida ^e   Lord, Dominique ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Persaud Lyon Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

^e Oregon State University   (United States)

^f Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSECTIONS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFICS; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRASH PREDICTION; CRASH TYPE; GEOMETRIC VARIABLES; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION MODELLING; ROADWAY SAFETY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; TOTAL CRASHES;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 76149146958     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2102-15     Document Type: Article

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