Influence of pavement condition on horizontal curve safety

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-18

  Buddhavarapu, Prasad ^a   Banerjee, Ambarish ^a   Prozzi, Jorge A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal curve safety; Injury severity; Lateral friction measurement; Ordered response model; Pavement condition

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL CURVES; INJURY SEVERITY; LATERAL FRICTION; ORDERED RESPONSE MODELS; PAVEMENT CONDITION;

ACCIDENTS; CURVES (ROAD); FRICTION;

PAVEMENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TEXAS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872256571     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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