Traffic accidents in Jordan

Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-343

  Al Masaeid, Hashem R ^a,b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Safety measures; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOSSES; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING BEHAVIORS; JORDAN; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; POLICE ENFORCEMENT; POLICY MEASURES; SAFETY MEASURES; SAFETY POLICIES; TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84876224377     PISSN: 19930461     EISSN: 2225157X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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