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Estimating Safety by the Empirical Bayes Method: A Tutorial by Hauer, Ezra, Harwood, Douglas W., Council, Forrest M., Griffith, Michael S.

“…The empirical Bayes (EB) method addresses two problems of safety estimation: it increases the precision of estimates beyond what is possible when one is…”
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Effects of work zone presence on injury and non-injury crashes by Khattak, Asad J, Khattak, Aemal J, Council, Forrest M

“…Work zones in the United States have approximately 700 traffic-related fatalities, 24 000 injury crashes, and 52 000 non-injury crashes every year. Due to…”
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Injury Effects of Rollovers and Events Sequence in Single-Vehicle Crashes by Krull, Kimberly A., Khattak, Asad J., Council, Forrest M.

“…The effect that rollovers and tripping-event sequence surrounding rollover crashes have on the severity of driver injury was explored. Three-year crash and…”
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Three-Strand Cable Median Barrier in North Carolina: In-Service Evaluation by Hunter, William W., Richard Stewart, J., Eccles, Kimberly A., Huang, Herman F., Council, Forrest M., Harkey, David L.

“…By using historical crash data, several regression-type models were developed with which to estimate the effects of the installation of cable median barrier on…”
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Safety Models for Urban Four-Lane Undivided Road Segments by Hauer, Ezra, Council, Forrest M., Mohammedshah, Yusuf

“…A statistical model was estimated for the frequency of nonintersection accidents on urban four-lane undivided roads. The model was based on electronic data…”
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Multijurisdictional Safety Evaluation of Red Light Cameras by Persaud, Bhagwant, Council, Forrest, Lyon, Craig, Eccles, Kimberly, Griffith, Mike

“…The use of red light camera (RLC) systems has risen dramatically in the United States in recent years. The size of the problem, the promise shown by RLC…”
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Estimating Safety Benefits of Shoulder Rumble Strips on Two-Lane Rural Highways in Minnesota: Empirical Bayes Observational Before-and-After Study by Patel, Rushi B., Council, Forrest M., Griffith, Michael S.

“…Approximately 40% of all 2004 fatal crashes were single-vehicle, run-off-the-road (SVROR) crashes. The problem was even more significant on two-lane rural…”
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Estimating Safety Benefits of Shoulder Rumble Strips on Two-Lane Rural Highways in Minnesota : Empirical Bayes Observational Before-and-After Study: Statistical methods, safety data, analysis, and evaluation 2007 by PATEL, Rushi B, COUNCIL, Forrest M, GRIFFITH, Michael S

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Effect of Speed Limit Increases on Crash Injury Severity: Analysis of Single-Vehicle Crashes on North Carolina Interstate Highways by Renski, Henry, Khattak, Asad J., Council, Forrest M.

“…The recent congressional action revoking the national maximum speed limits has rekindled the debate over safety and travel time tradeoff. The effect of speed…”
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Implementing Red Light Camera Programs: Guidance from Economic Analysis of Safety Benefits by Council, Forrest, Persaud, Bhagwant, Lyon, Craig, Eccles, Kimberly, Griffith, Mike, Zaloshnja, Eduard, Miller, Ted

“…Red light camera (RLC) systems are believed to decrease the right-angle crashes that they are targeting but to have the undesirable side effect of increasing…”
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Implementing red light camera programs : Guidance from economic analysis of safety benefits: Safety: Older Drivers; Traffic Law Enforcement; Management; School Transportation; Emergency Evacuation; Truck and Bus; and Motorcycles by COUNCIL, Forrest M, PERSAUD, Bhagwant, LYON, Craig, ECCLES, Kimberly, GRIFFITH, Mike, ZALOSHNJA, Eduard, MILLER, Ted

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Multijurisdictional safety evaluation of red light cameras: Safety: Older Drivers; Traffic Law Enforcement; Management; School Transportation; Emergency Evacuation; Truck and Bus; and Motorcycles by PERSAUD, Bhagwant, COUNCIL, Forrest M, LYON, Craig, ECCLES, Kimberly, GRIFFITH, Mike

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Implementing Red Light Camera Programs: Guidance from Economic Analysis of Safety Benefits by Council, Forrest M., Persaud, Bhagwant, Lyon, Craig, Eccles, Kimberly, Griffith, Mike, Zaloshnja, Eduard, Miller, Ted

“…Red light camera (RLC) systems are believed to decrease the right-angle crashes that they are targeting but to have the undesirable side effect of increasing…”
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Multijurisdictional Safety Evaluation of Red Light Cameras by Persaud, Bhagwant, Council, Forrest M., Lyon, Craig, Eccles, Kimberly, Griffith, Mike

“…The use of red light camera (RLC) systems has risen dramatically in the United States in recent years. The size of the problem, the promise shown by RLC…”
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Examination of fault, unsafe driving acts, and total harm in car-truck collisions: Highway safety, traffic law enforcement, and truck safety by COUNCIL, Forrest M, HARKEY, David L, NABORS, Daniel T, KHATTAK, Asad J, MOHAMEDSHAH, Yusuf M

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Examination of Fault, Unsafe Driving Acts, and Total Harm in Car-Truck Collisions by Council, Forrest M., Harkey, David L., Nabors, Daniel T., Khattak, Asad J., Mohamedshah, Yusuf M.

“…Crashes involving large trucks and passenger cars are important topics for research and countermeasure development since they represent more than 60% of all…”
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Estimating Safety by the empirical Bayes Method: A tutorial: Statistical Methodology: Applications to Design, Data Analysis, and Evaluation by HAUER, Ezra, HARWOOD, Douglas W, COUNCIL, Forrest M, GRIFFITH, Michael S

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Safety Effects of the Conversion of Rural Two-Lane to Four-Lane Roadways Based on Cross-Sectional Models by Council, Forrest M., Richard Stewart, J.

“…As congestion on two-lane rural roads increases, there is increasing interest in conversion to a four-lane undivided or four-lane divided facility within the…”
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Estimating Truck-Rollover Crashes on Ramps by Using a Multistate Database by Wang, Jun, Council, Forrest M.

“…Currently, among other intelligent transportation system applications, there is an increased interest in using an “in-vehicle warning system” to mitigate…”
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A new method for predicting crashworthiness by Council, Forrest M., Stewart, J.Richard, Cox, Chante L.

“…Consumer information concerning the predicted ‘safeness’ of a new car model is based on the results of crash tests. Unfortunately, because it allows…”
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