The impact of climate change on winter road maintenance and traffic accidents in West Midlands, UK

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 284-289

  Andersson, Anna K ^a   Chapman, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Road surface temperature; Road traffic accident; Temporal analogue; Weather generator; Winter road maintenance

Indexed keywords

ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; TEMPORAL ANALOGUE; WEATHER GENERATOR; WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FIRE PROTECTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MAINTENANCE; ROADS AND STREETS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; RISK; SAFETY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 78649370227     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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