A framework for estimating the safety effects of roadway lighting at intersections

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1436-1444

  Donnell, Eric T ^a   Porter, Richard J ^b   Shankar, Venkataraman N ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Intersections; Lighting; Night to day crash ratios; Statistical analysis; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

CRASH FREQUENCY; DATA ELEMENTS; GUIDANCE DOCUMENT; HIGHWAY SAFETY; INTERSECTION SAFETY; INTERSECTION TYPES; INVENTORY DATA; KEY ISSUES; MINNESOTA; MODEL PARAMETERS; NIGHT-TO-DAY CRASH RATIOS; ROADWAY LIGHTING; SAFETY BENEFITS; SAFETY RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN LOCATIONS; VARIABLE ELASTICITY;

ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

LIGHTING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INJURY SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956227854     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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