Effectiveness of cable barriers, guardrails, and concrete barrier walls in reducing the risk of injury

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-65

  Zou, Yaotian ^a   Tarko, Andrew P ^a   Chen, Erdong ^a   Romero, Mario A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Probabilistic model; Random effects; Risk of injury; Road barriers; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CABLES; CONCRETES; GUARD RAILS; HAZARDS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADSIDES; VEHICLES;

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; CONCRETE BARRIERS; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; RANDOM EFFECTS; ROAD BARRIERS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84903945924     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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