Impact of traffic states on freeway crash involvement rates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 713-723

  Yeo, Hwasoo ^a   Jang, Kitae ^a   Skabardonis, Alexander ^a   Kang, Seungmo ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accident; Crash involvement rate; Traffic safety; Traffic state

Indexed keywords

CRASH INVOLVEMENT; DRIVING SITUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FREE FLOW; FREEWAY CRASHES; HOT SPOT IDENTIFICATION; MULTIPLE FACTORS; ROAD GEOMETRY; ROADWAY GEOMETRY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC MEASUREMENTS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC STATE;

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870297915     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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