Development of crash modification factors for changing lane width on roadway segments using generalized nonlinear models

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-91

  Lee, Chris ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^b   Park, Juneyoung ^b   Wang, Jung Han ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash modification factor; Generalized nonlinear model; Lane width; Roadway segment; Speed limit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

GENERALIZED NONLINEAR MODEL; LANE WIDTH; MODIFICATION FACTORS; ROADWAY SEGMENT; SPEED LIMIT;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

ACCELERATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FLORIDA; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORIENTATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84921457687     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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