Examining fatal crash reductions by first harmful events since the introduction of the federal highway safety improvement program

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2364, 2013, Pages 51-61

  Wu, Kun Feng ^a   Himes, Scott ^b   Pietrucha, Martin ^b  

^a Federal Highway Administration Virginia Division   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

% REDUCTIONS; FATAL CRASHES; FIXED EFFECTS; FIXED-OBJECTS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; MIXED EFFECTS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVENTION STRATEGIES; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECTS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84886684506     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2364-07     Document Type: Article

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