Journal article
Urban street structure and traffic safety
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This paper reports the influence of road type and junction density on road traffic fatality rates in U.S. cities.
METHOD: The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) files were used to obtain fatality rates for all cities for the years 2005-2010. A stratified random sample of 16 U.S. cities was taken, and cities with high and low road traffic fatality rates were compared on their road layout details (TIGER maps were used). …
Authors
Mohan D; Bangdiwala SI; Villaveces A
Journal
Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 62, , pp. 63–71
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.jsr.2017.06.003
ISSN
0022-4375