A traffic accident analysis from a viewpoint of provided traffic control devices at a small intersection of the neighborhood street

In a residential area, most intersection traffic accidents occur at a scattered small non-signal intersection. At these intersections, most countermeasures are traffic control devices, such as traffic restriction and a road reflector, because of improvement cost or spatial restrictions. However, it...

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Published inINFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING REVIEW Vol. 25; pp. 823 - 828
Main Authors MITANI, Tetsuo, HINO, Yasuo, YOKOI, Kouji, YOSHIDA, Nagahiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan Society of Civil Engineers 2008
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Summary:In a residential area, most intersection traffic accidents occur at a scattered small non-signal intersection. At these intersections, most countermeasures are traffic control devices, such as traffic restriction and a road reflector, because of improvement cost or spatial restrictions. However, it isn't enough to consider the introductory reason and effect of these devices for that the relation between these devices and traffic accidents isn't clear or small traffic. Therefore, in order to consider the condition of these device improvement in a residential area, the relation between these device improvement and traffic accidents was analyzed based on these surveys.
ISSN:0913-4034
1884-8303
DOI:10.2208/journalip.25.823