Effects of red light camera enforcement on fatal crashes in large US cities

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-282

  Hu, Wen ^a   McCartt, Anne T ^a   Teoh, Eric R ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal crash rates; Large cities; Red light cameras; Red light running; Signalized intersections

Indexed keywords

FATAL CRASHES; LARGE CITIES; RED-LIGHT CAMERAS; RED-LIGHT RUNNING; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIGNALING;

CAMERAS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054954032     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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