Long-term analysis of the impact of longitudinal barriers on motorway safety

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 443-451

  Martin, Jean Louis ^a,b   Mintsa Eya, Colette ^a,b   Goubel, Clément ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Lyon University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Concrete barrier; Crash severity; Guardrail; Road accident; Run off crash

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BARRIERS; CRASH SEVERITY; HARD SHOULDER; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY; TOLL MOTORWAYS; TWO-WHEEL VEHICLES; W-BEAM GUARDRAIL;

AUTOMOBILES; CONCRETES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; TOLL HIGHWAYS; TRUCKS;

GUARD RAILS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CONCRETE BARRIER; CRASH SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRANCE; GUARDRAIL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RUN-OFF CRASH; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CONCRETE BARRIER; CRASH SEVERITY; GUARDRAIL; ROAD ACCIDENT; RUN-OFF CRASH;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FRANCE; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84881134258     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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