Observations on the relationship between european standards for safety barrier impact severity and the degree of injury sustained

IATSS Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-29

  Roque, Carlos ^a   Cardoso, João Lourenço ^a  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crash frequency model; EN1317; Injury criteria; Injury risk; Safety barrier

Indexed keywords

CRASH FREQUENCY; EN1317; INJURY CRITERIA; INJURY RISK; SAFETY BARRIERS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ROADSIDES;

EID: 84881230761     PISSN: 03861112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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