A comparative analysis of dangerous locations on the public roads in Serbia

Safety Science

Volumn 84, Issue , 2016, Pages 190-200

  Lipovac, Krsto ^a   Nešić, Miladin ^b   Tešić, Milan ^c   Ross, Alan ^e   Tubić, Vladan ^a   Marić, Bojan ^d  

^a Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering   (Serbia)

^b Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies   (Serbia)

^c The Paneuropean University Apeiron   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d The Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison; Dangerous locations; Objective and subjective risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; HAZARDS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LOCATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARISON; COMPLEX PROCEDURE; FIELD RESEARCH; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE METHODS; SUBJECTIVE METHODS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGER, RISK, SAFETY AND RELATED PHENOMENA; DANGEROUS LOCATION; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OBJECTIVE METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERBIA; SUBJECTIVE METHOD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84952815024     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.12.019     Document Type: Article

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