Critical Analysis of Road Crashes and a Case Study of Wet Road Condition and Road Crashes in an Indian Metropolitan City

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 2008-September, Issue September, 2008, Pages

  Mondal, Pinaki ^a   Dalela, S ^a   Balasubramanian, N ^b   Sharma, G K ^b   Singh, Rajesh ^b  

^a International Centre for Automotive Technology   (India)

^b Scope Complex   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HAZARDS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

GLOBAL ESTIMATION; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; METROPOLITAN CITIES; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84877546127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01487191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2008-28-0079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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