Identifying Significant Predictors of Head-on Conflicts on Two-Lane Rural Roads Using Inductive Loop Detectors Data

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 636-641

  Shariat Mohaymany, Afshin ^a   Tavakoli Kashani, Ali ^a   Nosrati, Hadi ^b   Ranjbari, Andisheh ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

IHSDM; Inductive loop detectors; Overtaking maneuver; Traffic conflict technique; Two lane rural roads

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IRAN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857987818     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.621472     Document Type: Article

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