Effective Safety Factors on Horizontal Curves of Two-lane Highways

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2814-2822

  Aram, Ali ^a  

^a Tiara Ampang Condo ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crashes rate; Cross section; Curve; Design; Geometric; Highway; Horizontal; Vertical

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRANSPORTATION;

CROSS-SECTION; CURVE; GEOMETRIC; HIGHWAY; HORIZONTAL; VERTICAL;

CURVES (ROAD);

EID: 78049379791     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.2814.2822     Document Type: Article

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