Differences in geometry of pedestrian crashes in daylight and darkness

John M Sullivan1, Michael J Flannagan

  • 1University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, 2901 Baxter Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150, USA. jsully@umich.edu

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