Potential crash reduction benefits of shoulder rumble strips in two-lane rural highways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-42

  Khan, Mubassira ^a   Abdel Rahim, Ahmed ^b   Williams, Christopher J ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

EB before and after analysis; Run off the road crashes; Shoulder rumble strips; Two lane rural highways

Indexed keywords

RURAL ROADS; SHOULDERS (ROAD); TRANSPORTATION;

ANALYSIS METHOD; EB BEFORE-AND AFTER ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL BAYES; ROAD CRASH; ROADWAY GEOMETRY; RUMBLE STRIPS; RURAL HIGHWAYS; SAFETY BENEFITS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY;

EID: 84912094888     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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