Impact of rumble strips on collision reduction on highways in British Columbia, Canada: Comprehensive before-and-after safety study

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2148, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Sayed, Tarek ^a   Deleur, Paul ^b   Pump, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Insurance Corporation of British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

% REDUCTIONS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CENTERLINES; COLLISION REDUCTIONS; COMPARISON GROUP; HEAD-ON COLLISION; REFERENCE GROUP; RUMBLE STRIPS; TREATMENT GROUP; TREATMENT SITES;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 78651275194     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2148-02     Document Type: Article

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