Development of a variable speed limit strategy to reduce secondary collision risks during inclement weathers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-145

  Li, Zhibin ^a,b   Li, Ye ^a,b   Liu, Pan ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a,b   Xu, Chengcheng ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCE COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CENTER OF MODERN URBAN TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGIES   (China)

Author keywords

Inclement weather; Safety; Secondary collision; Strategy; Variable speed limit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; SPEED CONTROL;

CAR-FOLLOWING MODELING; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; INCLEMENT WEATHERS; OCCURRENCE CONDITIONS; SECONDARY COLLISION; STRATEGY; VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS;

COMPLIANCE CONTROL;

CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; WEATHER;

EID: 84904858650     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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