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Analysis of Accident Characteristics and Improvement Strategies of Flash Signal-operated Intersection in Seoul

서울시 점멸신호 운영에 따른 교통사고 분석 및 개선방안에 관한 연구

  • 김승준 (서울연구원 교통시스템 연구실) ;
  • 박병정 (명지대학교 교통공학과) ;
  • 이진학 (서울연구원 교통시스템 연구실) ;
  • 김옥선 (서울연구원 교통시스템 연구실)
  • Received : 2014.10.24
  • Accepted : 2014.11.18
  • Published : 2014.12.31

Abstract

Traffic accident frequency and severity level in Korea are known to be very serious. Especially the number of pedestrian fatalities was much worse and 1.6 time higher than the OECD average. According to the National Police Agency, the flash signals are reported to have many safety benefits as well as travel time reduction, which is opposed to the foreign studies. With this background of expanding the flash signal, this research aims to investigate the overall impact of the flash signal operation on safety, investigating and comparing the accident occurrence on the flash signal and the full signal intersections. For doing this accident prediction models for both flash and full signal intersections were estimated using independent variables (geometric features and traffic volume) and 3-year (2011-2013) accident data collected in Seoul. Considering the rare and random nature of accident occurrence and overdispersion (variance > mean) of the data, the negative binomial regression model was applied. As a result, installing wider crosswalk and increasing the number of pedestrian push buttons seemed to increase the safety of the flash signal intersections. In addition, the result showed that the average accident occurrence at the flash signal intersections was higher than at the full signal-operated intersections, 9% higher with everything else the same.

우리나라 교통사고의 심각성은 OECD 회원국 평균보다 굉장히 높은 수준이며 보행자 사고는 이보다 더 심각한 상황이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 경찰청은 야간의 불필요한 신호대기를 최소화하고 운전자의 운전편의를 개선하기 위하여 점멸신호운영을 확대하고 있는 추세이다. 비록 경찰청은 점멸신호운영이 사고감소에도 긍정적인 영향을 미친다고 발표하고 있지만, 대부분의 해외연구들은 이와는 상반되는 결과를 제시하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 서울시내 54개 점멸신호 운영 교차로를 대상으로 점멸신호운영이 교통사고에 미치는 영향을 분석하고 이에 대한 개선방안을 제시하였다. 분석자료는 점멸신호가 운영되고 있는 교차로의 3년(2011~2013) 동안 사고자료와 사고에 영향을 미칠 것으로 판단되는 교통량과 교차로 기하구조(교차로면적, 좌회전차로, 차선수 등)를 바탕으로 하였다. 평균보다 분산이 큰 교통사고자료의 고유특성을 반영하기 위하여 음 이항 회귀모형(Negative Binomial Regression Model)을 사용하였으며, 모형구축 결과 보행과 연관된 횡단보도 면적 및 버튼식 보행신호기 개수가 사고와 밀접한 연관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 기존 연구결과와는 달리 일반신호운영교차로에 비해 점멸신호운영교차로의 사고안전성이 더 취약한 것으로 분석되었으며, 그 격차는 약 9% 정도로 나타났다.

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