Procedure for ranking unsignalized rural intersections for safety improvement

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2318, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Montella, Alfonso ^a   Mauriello, Filomena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CRASH DATA; EMPIRICAL BAYES; EMPIRICAL BAYES ESTIMATES; INDEX VALUES; RANKING CRITERION; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY INDEXES; SAFETY INSPECTIONS; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 84874086589     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2318-09     Document Type: Article

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