Do calculated conflicts in microsimulation model predict number of crashes?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2147, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Dijkstra, Atze ^a   Marchesini, Paula ^a   Bijleveld, Frits ^a   Kars, Vincent ^a   Drolenga, Hans ^b   Maarseveen, Martin Van ^c  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Grontmij NV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CONFLICT SITUATION; FLOW NUMBER; MICROSIMULATION MODELING; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; REAL-WORLD; SAFETY INDICATOR; SIMULATION MODEL; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VEHICLE APPROACHES;

VEHICLES;

EID: 78651297112     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2147-13     Document Type: Article

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