Accident Prediction Models for the Evaluation of Safety Performance on two Lane Rural Highways Authors: Salvatore Cafiso Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy Phone: +39 0957382213 Fax: +39 0957382247 E-mail: dcafiso@dica.unict.it Alessandro Di Graziano Ph.D., P. Eng. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy Phone: +39 0957382215 Fax: +39 0957382247 E-mail: adigraziano@dica.unict.it Giacomo Di Silvestro Ph.D. Candidate, P. Eng. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy Phone: +39 0957382211 Fax: +39 0957382247 E-mail: gdisilve@dica.unict.it Grazia La Cava Ph.D., P. Eng. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy Phone: +39 0957382223 Fax: +39 0957382247 E-mail: glacava@dica.unict.it Latest Version: 14 th November 2008 Words count: 4,967 + 250×9 = 7,233