Is the effect of quantified road safety targets sustainable?

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1182-1188

  Wong, S C ^a   Sze, N N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Before and after evaluation; Long term effect; Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development; Quantified road safety target; Road fatality; Treatment comparison group approach

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON GROUP; DEGREE OF COMMITMENT; KEY COMPONENT; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; ROAD AUTHORITIES; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD SAFETY MEASURE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TIME-SCALES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TARGETS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 77955088250     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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