A probabilistic quantitative risk assessment model for the long-term work zone crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1866-1877

  Meng, Qiang ^a   Weng, Jinxian ^a   Qu, Xiaobo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crash; Parameter uncertainty; Quantitative risk assessment; Work zone

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; COMBINATION EFFECTS; CONSEQUENCE ESTIMATION; CRASH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ZONES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROWDING; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; POLICY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CROWDING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; URBAN RENEWAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049377552     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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