Safety impacts of platform tram stops on pedestrians in mixed traffic operation: A comparison group before-after crash study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Naznin, Farhana ^a   Currie, Graham ^a   Logan, David ^a   Sarvi, Majid ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Before after crash study; Comparison group method; Mixed traffic operation; Pedestrian safety; Platform tram stops

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

BEFORE-AFTER CRASH STUDY; COMPARISON GROUP; CRASH ANALYSIS; INJURY CRASHES; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; MIXED TRAFFIC; SAFETY BENEFITS; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PEDESTRIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RAILWAY; SAFETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; PEDESTRIANS; RAILROADS; SAFETY;

EID: 84944348383     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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