Analyzing clearance time of urban traffic accidents in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with hazard-based duration modeling method

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2229, 2011, Pages 46-54

  Mohammed Saeed Alkaabi, Abdulla ^a   Dissanayake, Dilum ^a   Bird, Roger ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

ABU DHABI; ACCIDENT CHARACTERISTICS; DURATION MODELLING; INCIDENT MANAGEMENT; MODEL METHOD; SECONDARY CRASH; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC INCIDENTS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN TRAFFIC;

HAZARDS;

EID: 80053108232     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2229-06     Document Type: Article

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