Statistical Characteristics of Wrong-Way Driving Crashes on Illinois Freeways

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 760-767

  Zhou, Huaguo ^a   Zhao, Jiguang ^b   Pour Rouholamin, Mahdi ^a   Tobias, Priscilla A ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c Illinois Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

crashes; entry points; interchanges; statistical characteristics; wrong way driving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942192239     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1020421     Document Type: Article

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