Relating crash frequency and severity: Evaluating the effectiveness of shoulder rumble strips on reducing fatal and major injury crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-95

  Wu, Kun Feng ^a   Donnell, Eric T ^b   Aguero Valverde, Jonathan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Crash severity; Fixed effects model; Heavy trucks; Motorcycles; Pedestrians; Shoulder rumble strips

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOTORCYCLES; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CRASH SEVERITY; FIXED EFFECTS; HEAVY TRUCK; PEDESTRIANS; RUMBLE STRIPS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84896498357     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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