Factors Affecting Median Cable Barrier Crash Frequency: New Insights

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-77

  Chimba, Deo ^a   Emaasit, Daniel ^a   Allen, Steve ^b   Hurst, Brian ^c   Nelson, Marcie ^c  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tennessee Department of Transportation   (United States)

^c Project Safety Office Tennessee Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

cable offset; crash frequency; differential elevation; median cable barrier; negative binomial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885099331     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2013.812168     Document Type: Article

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