The use of a temporal analogue to predict future traffic accidents and winter road conditions in Sweden

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-136

  Andersson, Anna ^a   Chapman, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident; Climate change; Road traffic accident; Slipperiness; Winter maintenance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FIRE PROTECTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ROAD CONDITION; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; SLIPPERINESS; WINTER MAINTENANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCIDENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ROAD TRAFFIC; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79956295193     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.186     Document Type: Article

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