Safety performance functions incorporating design consistency variables

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-144

  Montella, Alfonso ^a   Imbriani, Lella Liana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consistency in driving dynamics; Continuous speed profiles; Design consistency; Inertial speed consistency; Operating speed consistency; Safety performance functions

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CONSISTENCY; DRIVING DYNAMICS; INERTIAL SPEED CONSISTENCY; OPERATING SPEED; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; SPEED PROFILE;

CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; ITALY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; WEATHER;

EID: 84908462277     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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