Determining Vehicle Operating Speed and Lateral Position Along Horizontal Curves Using Linear Mixed-Effects Models

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-321

  Fitzsimmons, Eric J ^a   Kvam, Vanessa ^b   Souleyrette, Reginald R ^c   Nambisan, Shashi S ^d   Bonett, Douglas G ^e  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Iowa State University   (United States)

^e Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

horizontal curve; linear mixed effects model; pneumatic road tubes; speed profile; traffic safety; trajectory

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IOWA; LINEAR MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876315259     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.701356     Document Type: Article

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