Evaluation of risk factors for road accidents under mixed traffic: Case study on Indian highways

This paper presents an evaluation of risk factors for highway crashes under mixed traffic conditions. The basis of selecting study sites was abutting land use, roadway, and traffic characteristics. Accordingly, the study selected thirteen segments on the existing highway network in the state of West Bengal of India, covering a wide spectrum of such road attributes. A systematic investigation based on site-specific accident data to capture the highway sections' safety features revealed that the crash rate has steadily increased for years with traffic regardless of roadway category and conditions. A number of risk factors that affect road accidents were identified; they are mid-block access, pavement and shoulder conditions, vehicle involvement, time of day, and road configuration, i.e., two and multi-lane. The empirical observation indicates that the crash rate is relatively lower on multi-lane highways; however, the severity of any crash on such a road is relatively high. Notably, the crash frequencies on such roads are less during daylight hours due to the lane-based unidirectional traffic movement. This is quite the opposite during nighttime when drivers exhibit an inability to meet traffic contingencies, thereby increasing crash risk. The majority of crashes on two-lane highways are, on the other hand, due to unsafe driving manoeuvers. The study also observed that frequent mid-block accesses and poor shoulder conditions reduce scopes to rectify driving errors and increase crash risk as a consequence. The paper subsequently suggests proactive approaches to identify safety deficits at the time of planning and designing.     

Using a surrogate safety approach to prioritize hazardous segments in a rural highway in a developing country

Road safety is a global concern particularly in developing countries where some road sections are disproportionately more vulnerable in terms of the frequency and severity of crashes. Other than using historical crash data based reactive approaches, those sections need to be identified proactively, so that mitigation measures can be applied. Moreover, those approaches are sometimes questioned mainly due to data reliability issues in developing countries. The study reported here is aimed at highlighting the applicability of traffic conflict techniques as surrogate safety measures to identify those sections of a rural highway in a developing country, which are most likely at risk. An adapted framework is demonstrated to identify traffic conflicts using combined surrogate indicators acknowledging the limited resources and facilities in developing countries. A new model is put forwarded using a count data modelling approach. Both fixed and random parameters model derivatives have been explored as an alternative methodological approach to relate the factors affecting the number and probability of conflicts. The partial effects of individual independent variables were estimated to gain a better insight of their impact. The results show that the model can predict high risk segments in terms of probability of conflicts as well as safety risk, as well as prioritize road sections according to the likelihood of their safety level. The model provides a less expensive alternative to the collection of historical crash data in order to identify hazardous road locations or black spots on two-lane highways in developing countries.¹     

山区高速公路隧道路段与开放路段的事故影响因素分析

高速公路隧道构造特殊且通行环境复杂,因而通常事故多发。为探究高速公路隧道路段与开放路段事故影响因素和严重程度致因机理的差异,采集沪昆高速邵怀段2011—2016年期间1 537起事故为研究样本;以事故发生路段为响应变量构建逻辑回归模型,解释各种风险因素对事故发生路段倾向性的影响差异;分别针对隧道路段与开放路段建立模型研究事故伤害严重程度的影响因素。建立二元Logit回归模型分析事故的发生倾向性和2类路段的事故严重程度的影响因素;采用随机参数Logit模型以反映异质性条件对参数的影响。统计表明:与疲劳驾驶、未保持安全距离相关的事故发生在隧道路段的概率更高,其事故发生概率分别是开放路段的2.373和2.482倍;与隧道路段事故严重程度正相关的因素包括下坡（坡度2%以上）、夏季和超速行驶,其中下坡（坡度2%以上）段的严重事故发生的概率为上坡（坡度2%以上）的3.397倍,夏季的严重事故发生概率为秋季的3.951倍,超速行驶相关的严重事故发生概率为其他不当驾驶行为的4.242倍;与开放路段事故严重程度正相关的因素包括超速行驶和疲劳驾驶,其中超速行驶相关的严重事故概率是其他不当驾驶行为的2.713倍,疲劳驾驶相关的严重事故概率是其他不当驾驶行为的4.802倍。研究表明,山区高速公路隧道路段与开放路段的事故发生概率及其严重程度的影响因素存在一定的差异性,研究结论可为山区高速公路差异管理方案制定提供依据。      

道路因素对典型较严重道路交通事故严重性的影响分析

基于道路交通事故数据探究事故影响因素对于认识事故的影响因素、提高交通安全水平具有重要意义。利用近年来国内典型较严重道路交通事故数据,应用泊松模型和负二项模型,以区分事故形态的方式建立追尾事故、侧碰事故及撞行人事故的事故死亡率的道路影响因素分析模型。这些模型以三类事故中涉及人员的死亡数为因变量,以一系列道路因素为自变量,将事故涉及人数作为偏移变量。模型的具体形式以过离散系数及赤池信息量准则(AIC)为依据进行选择。结果显示,追尾事故的死亡率与道路等级、路侧防护设施显著相关;侧碰事故则与天气、路表情况、路口路段位置、坡度以及道路结构有关;撞行人事故与路表情况、道路等级、车道数、平曲线半径有关。本文拓展了事故严重性研究的深度,其研究成果对于更好地利用重特大事故的深入调查数据有现实意义,也可为事故分析及道路设计等提供借鉴。      

Road characteristics and environment factors associated with motorcycle fatal crashes in Malaysia

This study aims to determine risk factors contributing to traffic crashes in 9,176 fatal cases involving motorcycle in Malaysia between 2010 and 2012. For this purpose, both multinomial and mixed models of motorcycle fatal crash outcome based on the number of vehicle involved are estimated. The corresponding model predicts the probability of three fatal crash outcomes: motorcycle single-vehicle fatal crash, motorcycle fatal crash involving another vehicle and motorcycle fatal crash involving two or more vehicles. Several road characteristic and environmental factors are considered including type of road in the hierarchy, location, road geometry, posted speed limit, road marking type, lighting, time of day and weather conditions during the fatal crash. The estimation results suggest that curve road sections, no road marking, smooth, rut and corrugation of road surface and wee hours, i.e. between 00.00 am to 6 am, increase the probability of motorcycle single-vehicle fatal crashes. As for the motorcycle fatal crashes involving multiple vehicles, factors such as expressway, primary and secondary roads, speed limit more than 70 km/h, roads with non-permissible marking, i.e. double lane line and daylight condition are found to cause an increase the probability of their occurrence. The estimation results also suggest that time of day (between 7 pm to 12 pm) has an increasing impact on the probability of motorcycle single-vehicle fatal crashes and motorcycle fatal crashes involving two or more vehicles. Whilst the multinomial logit model was found as more parsimonious, the mixed logit model is likely to capture the unobserved heterogeneity in fatal motorcycle crashes based on the number of vehicles involved due to the underreporting data with two random effect parameters including 70 km/h speed limit and double lane line road marking.     

基于负二项分布的高速公路交通事故影响因素分析

为分析高速公路交通事故的影响因素,构建基于负二项分布的事故分析模型,探究事故数与交通特性、公路线形及路面性能间关系.鉴于传统固定参数模型难以刻画各因素对事故风险影响的异质性,引入了随机参数建模方法.结果表明:相比于固定参数负二项模型,构建的随机参数负二项模型有更好的拟合优度,且能更合理地反映各因素对事故的作用效果;将随...     

Modeling the accuracy of traffic crash prediction models

Crash forecasting enables safety planners to take appropriate actions before casualty or loss occurs. Identifying and analyzing the attributes influencing forecasting accuracy is of great importance in road crash forecasting. This study aims to model the forecasting accuracy of 31 provinces using their macroeconomic variables and road traffic indicators. Iran's road crashes throughout 2011–2018 are calibrated and cross-validated using the Holt-Winters (HW) forecasting method. The sensitivity of crash forecast reliability is studied by a regression model. The results suggested that the root mean square error (RMSE) of crash prediction increased among the provinces with higher and more variant average monthly crashes. On the contrary, the accuracy of crash prediction improved in provinces with higher per capita GDP, and higher traffic exposure. A 1% increase in crash variability, average historical crash count, GDP per capita, and traffic exposure, respectively, resulted in a 0.65%, 0.52%, −0.38%, and −0.13% change in the RMSE of forecasting. The addition of traffic exposure and macroeconomic factors significantly enhanced the model fit and improved the adjusted R-squared by 14% compared to the reduced model that only used the historical average and variability of crash count as the independent variables. The findings of this research suggest planners and policymakers should consider the notable influence of macroeconomic factors and traffic indicators on the crash forecasting accuracy.     

考虑多模式失效概率的长下坡路段重型卡车事故预测模型

为挖掘多模式失效概率与长下坡路段重型卡车事故之间的关系，建立了重型卡车在长下坡路段的多模式失效概率与车辆事故之间的关系模型。并针对重型卡车在长下坡路段可能的失效模式，如侧滑、侧翻、视距不足、制动失效，在此基础上建立了多模式失效概率预测模型；通过蒙特卡罗法模拟并求解单模式失效的概率，宽界限法求解失效系统的多模式失效概率；将多模式失效概率作为解释变量与其他道路因素结合，分别建立泊松模型、随机效应泊松模型、随机参数泊松模型，将多模式失效概率与重型卡车事故建立函数关系；对比3种模型的拟合优度指标，优选出最优事故预测模型，用来挖掘重型卡车事故与多模式失效概率之间的关系。以华盛顿州71段长下坡10年的重型卡车事故数据及道路设计数据进行方法验证。结果表明:随机参数泊松模型与随机效应泊松模型的拟合优度相差较小，二者均优于泊松模型；当考虑多模式失效概率时，平曲线半径、纵坡坡度、超高对重型卡车事故的影响均不显著，即三者的影响被削弱，尤其是平曲线半径和超高，多模式失效概率的弹性(0.239)远大于二者的弹性(平曲线半径和超高的弹性分别仅为0.097和0.002)；重型卡车的事故与多模式失效概率近似线性关系，且截距不为0。即多模式失效概率可用于道路安全分析的表征指标，但与事故概率不等价。      

Modeling two-way stop-controlled intersection crashes with zero-inflated models on Louisiana rural two-lane highways

Intersection safety continues to be a crucial issue throughout the United States. In 2016, 27% of the 37,461 traffic fatalities on U.S. roadways occurred at or near intersections. Nearly 70% of intersection-related fatalities occurred at unsignalized intersections. At such intersections, vehicles stopping or slowing to turn create speed differentials between vehicles traveling in the same direction. This is particularly problematic on two-lane highways. Research was performed to analyze safety performance for intersections on rural, two-lane roadways, with stop control on the minor roadway. Roadway, traffic, and crash data were collected from 4148 stop-controlled intersections of all 64 Parishes (counties) statewide in Louisiana, for the period of 2013 to 2017. Four count approaches, Poisson, Negative Binomial (NB), Zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) and Zero-inflated Negative Binomial (ZINB) were used to model the number of intersection crashes for different severity levels. The results indicate that ZIP models provide a better fit than all other models. In addition to traffic volume, larger curve radii of major and minor roads and wider lane widths of major roads led to significantly smaller crash occurrences. However, higher speed limits of major roads led to significantly greater crash occurrences. Four-leg stop-controlled intersections have 35% greater total crashes, 49% greater fatal and injury crashes, and 25% greater property damage only (PDO) crashes, relative to three-leg intersections.     

基于动态风险饱和度的高速公路交通安全分析

为了反映高速公路运营安全状况，提出了动态风险饱和度理论，构建了动态风险饱和度模型和计算方法。依据路段不同交通饱和度下车辆的驾驶行为，以路段交通安全为约束，研究了跟车行驶和换道行驶2种驾驶状态下，考虑车速变化及雾天等特殊天气条件影响的路段平均最小安全车头时距计算方法，利用建立的安全车头时距与安全流量之间的转换关系，得到不同驾驶状态下的路段安全流量。在不同车辆驾驶状态切换阈值下，计算路段实际交通流量与路段安全流量的比值得到高速公路路段动态风险饱和度值。以G3高速公路某改扩建路段所在路网为例进行验证，计算得到了路网中各路段不同切换阈值下的动态风险饱和度值。动态风险饱和度随着交通饱和度的增大，呈现稳定的先增大后减小的规律，且在换道行驶状态时达到最大，在跟车行驶状态时开始下降，与现有交通安全状态分析相吻合。相较于交通饱和度，动态风险饱和度更能够反应出高速公路路段交通安全动态变化的规律。      

连续数据环境下的道路交通事故风险预测模型

针对现有研究多基于病例对照的欠采样方法,即每起事故从连续交通流数据中按一定比例抽取对照的非事故数据构建模型,而该类模型在连续数据环境中的预测精度存在缺陷的状况,对城市交通连续观测并动态调控的技术环境（简称连续数据环境）开展道路交通事故风险预测模型构建研究。首先提出基于全样本交通流数据,结合“调整事故分类阈值”的方法解决事故风险预测研究中的非平衡数据分类问题;而后采用上海市城市快速路2014年5,6月的线圈检测交通流数据及历史事故数据开展实证研究,以受试者工作特征曲线下面积为评价指标,对比基于全样本和抽样样本构建的常用事故风险预测模型（逻辑回归、随机森林）的整体预测能力;以灵敏度和特异度的几何均数为评价指标,对比3种分类阈值计算方式（约登指数法、事故占比法和交叉点法）对事故/非事故综合预测精度的影响。结果表明：在连续数据环境下,采用全样本数据建模能使模型整体预测能力提高13.06%;基于约登指数法进行分类阈值计算可使模型的事故/非事故综合预测精度最佳。     

平原区公路衔接点的安全研究

平原区公路衔接点是近年来出现在平原区公路的交通事故多发点之一。在调查几百公里平原区公路的基础上,对平原区公路衔接点的特性进行了分析。公路衔接点由平原区改扩建公路而形成,兼有路段和交叉口的双重特点,有交叉型和过渡型两种形式。以实际调研中遇到的两个典型路段为例,针对该种路段的特性,对其交通事故多发的原因进行了分析,并提出了提高其安全性的措施和建议。交叉型公路衔接点可以采用信号控制和非信号控制两种方案,过渡型公路衔接点可以采用多种工程方法改善其安全特性。     

Using machine leaning techniques for evaluation of motorcycle injury severity

There is a growing interest in the application of the machine learning techniques in predicting the motorcycle crash severity. This is partly due to a progress in autonomous vehicles technology, and machine learning technique, which as a main component of autonomous vehicle could be implemented for traffic safety enhancement. Wyoming's motorcycle crash fatalities constitute a concern since the count of riders being killed in motorcycle crashes in 2014 was 11% of the total road fatalities in the state. The first step of crash reduction could be achieved through identification of contributory factors to crashes. This could be accomplished by using a right model with high accuracy in predicting crashes. Thus, this study adopted random forest, support vector machine, multivariate adaptive regression splines and binary logistic regression techniques to predict the injury severity outcomes of motorcycle crashes. Even though researchers applied all the aforementioned techniques to model motorcycle injury severities, a comparative analysis to assess the predictive power of such modeling frameworks is limited. Hence, this study contributes to the road safety literature by comparing the performance of the discussed techniques. In this study, Wyoming's motorcycle crash injury severities are modeled as functions of the characteristics that give rise to crashes. Before conducting any analyses, feature reduction was used to identify a best number of predictors to be included in the model. Also to have an unbiased estimation of the performance of different machine learning techniques, 5-fold cross-validation was used for model performance evaluation. Two measure, Area under the curve (AUC), and confusion matrix were used to compare different models' performance. The machine learning results indicate that random forest model outperformed the other models with the least misclassification and higher AUC. It was also revealed that a dichotomous response variable, with fatality and incapacitation injury in one category, along with all other categories in another group would result in a lower misclassification rate than a polychotomous response variable. This might result from the nature of motorcycle crashes, lacking a protection compared with passenger cars, preventing machine learning technique to get trained properly. Moreover, the most important variables identified by the random forest model are those related to the operating speed, resentful other party, traffic volume, truck traffic volume, riding under the influence, horizontal curvature, wide roadway with more than two lanes and rider's age.     

A new,non-canonical Poisson regression model for the prediction of crashes on low-volume rural roads

The purpose of the study was to compare the prediction power of a simplified non-canonical Poisson crash-prediction model to other model types. The model, fitted to serious and fatal crash data from 86 two-lane low-volume rural highway segments, showed a good fit, which was not significantly different from that of a negative binomial model. The application of the present model uses the linear form of the non-canonical Poisson model. Hence the simplification of the model versus other models results from the finding that the expected number of crashes per 1 km is directly proportional to the daily volume, unlike logarithmic functions in other models. In the non-canonical model, it is necessary to estimate only one parameter, whereas estimations of more parameters are needed in the negative binomial model.     

干线一级公路交通组织设计研究

现有部分一级公路功能与交通需求不相匹配、平面交叉和出入口布设密集、路段和交叉口的交通组织不甚合理，导致公路通行效率较低、道路安全性较差。以上海市大叶公路为例，对干线一级公路交通组织进行了设计研究，基于公路的功能定位选用相适应的技术指标，通过合理的一般路段与平面交叉口交通组织设计以及指路标志设计，提升了公路的整体运行效率和交通安全，并为后续干线一级公路的建设提供了一定的工程经验和设计参考。     

基于平整度指标的农村公路路面使用性能评价方法

为了应对全国农村公路网较大体量的检测,提高低等级农村公路(三级公路及以下)检测的低成本、便捷性、易操作性,开发了一套基于3轴MEMS陀螺、3轮内置MEMS加速度计、双GNSS导航模块的低成本、高可靠性的低等级农村公路平整度检测原型系统。通过分析8000多公里农村公路沥青路面和水泥混凝土路面的检测数据,对于低等级农村公路,当路况较差时,执行单一的平整度检测即可通过数学模型较为可靠地得到路面使用性能评价结果,并提出了农村公路大范围路网检测的检测策略和方案,将RQI作为农村公路普遍检测指标,对路况较好的路段,在RQI检测的基础上进行PCI抽检,提高路面使用性能评价的准确性,从而保证良好的检测效果的同时降低农村公路的检测成本。     

平原地区公路穿村镇路段安全综合治理对策研究

针对目前平原地区公路穿村镇路段事故多发的现状,本文首先对事故数据进行统计处理与分析,在数据处理分析的基础上找寻事故原因。平原地区公路穿村镇路段发生事故的事故原因主要是车速过快,混合交通相互干扰,视距不良等。并针对这些事故原因提出综合治理对策,包括预先提示、速度控制、交通分离、交叉口处置以及宣传教育执法等方面。其中既包括了视错觉标线、减速丘、接入管理、路宅分家等一系列新技术的原理,设计方案及工程应用,也对限速标志、交叉口整治等传统技术措施针对穿村镇路段公路特点进行了进一步的完善。只有将各种措施综合应用,综合治理,才能够最大限度的提高平原地区公路穿村镇路段的安全水平。     

基于轨迹数据的山区危险性弯道路段交通事故风险动态预测

针对山区双车道公路危险性弯道路段交通事故多发的现实问题,提出主动评估短时交通流状态下的交通事故风险,以降低交通事故发生率.采用无人机高空拍摄弯道路段交通流运行状态,利用计算机识别技术提取高精度的车辆轨迹和交通流数据,结合山区双车道公路弯道路段危险驾驶行为特征表征交通冲突,以距离碰撞时间为交通冲突量化指标,提出山区车道公...     

基于随机参数Logit模型的校车事故伤害严重程度分析

为深入分析安全因素对校车事故伤害严重程度的影响，探寻事故数据中未观察到的异质性，基于随机参数Logit模型从驾驶员、车辆、道路特征及环境4个方面构建校车事故伤害严重程度模型。结果表明:①涉事车辆数为2辆且对应参数服从正态分布时，不发生死亡受伤事故的概率为83.84%；②驾驶员年龄35~44岁、涉事车辆数为1辆时，死亡受伤事故概率均降低0.58%；③道路限速值为40~50 km/h时发生死亡受伤事故概率增加0.35%，道路限速值大于60 km/h时发生死亡受伤事故概率增加0.96%；④安全气囊状态打开，死亡受伤事故概率增加2.35%；⑤交通控制方式为车道标线时可能伤害事故概率增加1.85%，控制方式为中央分隔带时未受伤事故概率降低1.44%，死亡受伤事故发生概率却增加0.48%；⑥不安全时倒车转弯时发生可能伤害事故概率降低0.42%，分心驾驶、未按规定车道行驶、跟车太近和其他（饮酒）时未受伤事故概率分别增加1.36%，0.56%，0.39%和0.97%，可能受伤事故和死亡受伤事故发生概率却有所降低。      

Influence of segment length on the fitness of multivariate crash prediction models applied to a Brazilian multilane highway

Road safety modeling enables the development of crash prediction models and the investigation of which factors contribute to crash occurrence. Developing multivariate response models is also valuable, but such models are currently under-exploited. Machine learning techniques, especially artificial neural networks (ANN), have been presented as possible alternatives. Furthermore, selecting a proper roadway segmentation is one of the first tasks in the standard crash modeling workflow. However, this is a challenging task, especially in terms of choosing a segment length. This article presents a study of the influence of segment length on the development of multivariate response models (i.e., three response variables: property damage only crashes, injured victims crashes, and fatal crashes). The models use ANN for a road segment of a Brazilian divided multilane highway. The highway to be modeled was divided into segments with 10 different fixed lengths. The model characterization included geometric and operational data available for the years from 2011 to 2017. The models were evaluated in terms of errors and by residual plot analysis. The 5-km segment of the northbound carriageway and the 4.5-km segment of the southbound carriageway presented the smallest errors and the highest values of R². The residual analyses confirmed the trend to improve the model with the greater segment lengths. This was clear by the residues' distribution around zero, except for the output “Fatal crashes”. The better performance of the longer segments models was expected because these models aggregate more crashes into one segment. The reduction of no crash observations also facilitated the improvement of the models' goodness-of-fit. The use of ANNs also revealed its potential value. However, it is still important to seek strategies to deal with the excess of zeros in fatal crashes; a problem that also occurs in the traditional statistical modeling process.