Can safety indicators assess and monitor road traffic risk in real-time? Investigation of two safety indicators on Swiss motorways

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 16, 2008, Pages 81-96

  de Mouzon, O ^a,b   El Faouzi, N E ^a,b   Pham, M H ^c   Chung, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crash data; Real time; Safety indicators; Traffic individual data; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

CRASH DATA; INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC; INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES; REAL-TIME; REAR-END CRASHES; SAFETY INDICATOR; TIME-TO-COLLISION; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 78651298300     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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