Safety effects of wider edge lines on rural, two-lane highways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 317-325

  Park, Eun Sug ^a   Carlson, Paul J ^a   Porter, Richard J ^b   Andersen, Carl K ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional analysis; Empirical Bayes; Generalized linear segmented regression analysis; Interrupted time series; Longitudinal pavement markings; Safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL BAYES; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; SEGMENTED REGRESSIONS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; KANSAS; LINEAR MODELS; MICHIGAN; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84861846740     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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