Evaluation of safety factors at Chinese intersections

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-204

  Sun, Jian ^a   Zhou, Si'en ^b   Li, Keping ^b   Ni, Ying ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Safety hazards; Traffic engineering; Transport management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RISKS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FACTOR MAPPING; GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS; GOVERNMENT SECTORS; INTERSECTION SAFETY; PROCESSING METHOD; RISK DEGREE; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; TIME SPAN; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT; URBAN INTERSECTIONS; WHOLE PROCESS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84871066265     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: 17517710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.10.00021     Document Type: Article

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