Estimating Rear-End Accident Probabilities at Signalized Intersections: A Comparison Study of Intersections With and Without Green Signal Countdown Devices

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 583-590

  Ni, Ying ^a   Li, Keping ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

driving behavior; green signal countdown devices; rear end collision; signalized intersections; traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREEN SIGNAL COUNTDOWN DEVICES; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REAR-END COLLISION; SAFETY; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

DRIVING BEHAVIOR; GREEN SIGNAL COUNTDOWN DEVICES; REAR-END COLLISION; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROBABILITY; SAFETY;

EID: 84901466267     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.845752     Document Type: Article

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