Measuring and understanding road safety performance at local territorial level

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1197-1202

  Eksler, Vojtech ^a  

^a European Transport Safety Council   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayes risk; Local territorial level; Safety performance; Serious injuries

Indexed keywords

BAYES RISK; CURRENT PACE; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; NATIONAL LEVEL; POLICY ACTIONS; POLICY MAKERS; ROAD RISK; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SERIOUS INJURIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 77955091693     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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