Development of a Transnational Accident Prediction Model

Transportation Research Procedia

Volumn 14, Issue , 2016, Pages 1772-1781

  La Torre, Francesca ^a   Domenichini, Lorenzo ^a   Meocci, Monica ^a   Graham, Daniel ^b   Karathodorou, Niovi ^b   Richter, Thomas ^c   Ruhl, Stephan ^c   Yannis, George ^d   Dragomanovits, Anastasios ^d   Laiou, Alexandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accident Prediction Model (APM); Crash Modification Factors (CMF); road infrastructure; safety measures assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991216374     PISSN: 23521457     EISSN: 23521465     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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