Efficacies of roadway safety improvements across functional subclasses of rural two-lane highways

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Labi, Samuel ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crash reduction; fatal crashes; Highway safety; rural two lane roads; Safety improvement

Indexed keywords

CRASH REDUCTION; FATAL CRASHES; HIGHWAY SAFETY; RURAL-TWO LANE ROADS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT;

ALIGNMENT; FRICTION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PAVEMENTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054879413     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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