Patterns of Single-vehicle crashes on two-lane rural highways in granada province, Spain: In-depth analysis through decision rules

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2432, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-141

  López, Griselda ^a   Abellán, Joaquín ^b   Montella, Alfonso ^c   De Oña, Juan ^a  

^a TRYSE Research Group Department of Civil Engineering   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RURAL AREAS; RURAL ROADS;

DECISION RULES; HIGHWAY SAFETY; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; INJURY CRASHES; RUN-OFF; SAFETY PLAN; TWO LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS; TWO WHEELERS; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS; VEHICLE CRASHES;

DECISION TREES;

EID: 84926641755     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2432-16     Document Type: Article

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