Modeling the impact of spatial relationships on horizontal curve safety

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 296-304

  Findley, Daniel J ^a   Hummer, Joseph E ^b   Rasdorf, William ^b   Zegeer, Charles V ^c   Fowler, Tyler J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision; Horizontal curve; Radius; Safety; Spatial

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; CRASH RISK; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; HIGHWAY SAFETY; HORIZONTAL CURVES; MODIFICATION FACTORS; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RADIUS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SAFETY PREDICTION; SAFETY PROFESSIONALS; SPATIAL; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CURVES (ROAD); FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; HIGHWAY PLANNING; RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION;

SAFETY FACTOR;

CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84856102313     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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