Evaluation of the Impacts of Speed Variation on Freeway Traffic Collisions in Various Traffic States

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 861-866

  Li, Zhibin ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Chen, Ruoyun ^a   Liu, Pan ^a   Xu, Chengcheng ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

collision; freeway; safety; speed variation; traffic state

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY;

EID: 84885059518     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.775433     Document Type: Article

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