A tree-structured crash surrogate measure for freeways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-148

  Kuang, Yan ^a   Qu, Xiaobo ^a   Wang, Shuaian ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash surrogate measure; Hypothetical disturbance; Proactive safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; FORESTRY; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRASH SURROGATES; FOLLOWING VEHICLE; HYPOTHETICAL DISTURBANCE; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; STOPPING DISTANCE; SURROGATE MEASURES; TIME TO COLLISION;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ALGORITHMS; COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; RISK; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; SAFETY;

EID: 84923343790     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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