Safety effectiveness of converting signalized intersections to roundabouts

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-241

  Gross, Frank ^a   Lyon, Craig ^b   Persaud, Bhagwant ^c   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^d  

^a VANASSE HANGEN BRUSTLIN INC   (United States)

^b Persaud and Lyon Inc   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Crash modification factor; Crash reduction factor; Roundabout; Safety; Signalized intersections

Indexed keywords

BEFORE-AFTER STUDY; CRASH REDUCTION FACTORS; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL BAYES; INJURY CRASHES; MODIFICATION FACTORS; ROUNDABOUT; SAFETY BENEFITS; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD ERROR OF THE MEANS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TREATMENT EFFECTS; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ESTIMATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SHIP CONVERSION; STATISTICS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870297713     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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