A before-after study of the effects on safety of environmental speed limits in the city of Oslo, Norway

Safety Science

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Elvik, Rune ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Before after study; City of Oslo; Empirical Bayes method; Speed limit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RATE; ACCIDENT REDUCTION; ARTERIAL ROADS; BEFORE-AFTER STUDY; BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDY; CITY OF OSLO; COMPARISON GROUP; EMPIRICAL BAYES; EMPIRICAL BAYES METHOD; INJURY ACCIDENTS; LONG-TERM TREND; MICRO-PARTICLES; ROAD SURFACES; SPEED LIMIT; STUDY DESIGN; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

ACCIDENTS; DESIGN;

SPEED;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

EID: 84873171658     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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