Potential crash risks of expressway on-ramps and off-ramps: A case study in Beijing, China

Safety Science

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-62

  Qu, Xiaobo ^a   Yang, Ying ^b   Liu, Zhiyuan ^c   Jin, Sheng ^d   Weng, Jinxian ^e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Brisbane   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crash risk; On ramps and off ramps; Urban expressways

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

BEIJING , CHINA; CRASH RISK; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; ON-RAMPS AND OFF-RAMPS; SOCIETAL RISKS; TIME TO COLLISION; TRAFFIC LANES; URBAN EXPRESSWAY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROL STRATEGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTORCYCLIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 84901611571     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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