Hotspots identification and ranking for road safety improvement: An alternative approach

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 604-617

  Coll, Bronagh ^a   Moutari, Salissou ^a   Marshall, Adele H ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite index; Hotspots; Road safety; Safety indicators

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION METHODS; COMPOSITE INDEX; HOTSPOTS; INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PERFORMANCE INDICES; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY INDICATOR;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY; SAFETY INDICATORS; STATISTICS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

COMPOSITE INDEX; HOTSPOTS; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY INDICATORS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883025923     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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