Property damage crash equivalency factors to solve crash frequency-severity dilemma: Case study on South Korean rural roads

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2148, 2010, Pages 83-92

  Oh, Jutaek ^a   Washington, Simon ^b   Lee, Dongmin ^a  

^a Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXLES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL AREAS; RURAL ROADS;

CASE-STUDIES; COMMON SENSE; CRASH COSTS; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRASH SEVERITY; MEDIAN BARRIERS; PROPERTY DAMAGE; PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY INTERVENTION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 78651294487     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2148-10     Document Type: Article

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