Quantifying the safety effects of horizontal curves on two-way, two-lane rural roads

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 71-81

  Gooch, Jeffery P ^a   Gayah, Vikash V ^a   Donnell, Eric T ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent curves; Crash modification factor; Horizontal curves; Mixed effects negative binomial; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; PAVEMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; RURAL ROADS; TRANSPORTATION;

ADJACENT CURVES; HORIZONTAL CURVES; MODIFICATION FACTORS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; PROPENSITY SCORE;

CURVES (ROAD);

CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; PENNSYLVANIA; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY;

EID: 84962343904     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.03.024     Document Type: Article

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