Investigating effects of asphalt pavement conditions on traffic accidents in Tennessee based on the pavement management system (PMS)

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-161

  Chan, Chun Yip ^a   Huang, Baoshan ^a   Yan, Xuedong ^b   Richards, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Highway safety; Negative binomial regression; Pavement condition; Present serviceability index; Rut depth international roughness index

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY SAFETY; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; PAVEMENT CONDITION; PRESENT SERVICEABILITY INDICES; RUT DEPTH;

AIR QUALITY; ASPHALT; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; FORECASTING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIDING QUALITIES; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 77958025270     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.129     Document Type: Article

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