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http://dx.doi.org/10.7470/jkst.2012.30.3.119

The Relationship between Violation of Designated Lane Usage and Accident Severity on Freeways  

Kim, Joo-Hee (Department of Transportation, University of Seoul)
Lee, Soo-Beom (Department of Transportation, University of Seoul)
Kim, Da-Hee (Department of Transportation, University of Seoul)
Hong, Ji-Yeon (Department of Transportation, University of Seoul)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.30, no.3, 2012 , pp. 119-127 More about this Journal
Abstract
For traffic safety, it is imperative for motorists to secure their clear view and to maintain a similar speed with others while driving in a lane. Large-sized vehicles at lower speeds, however, are likely to increase the risk of accident when they share a lane with cars. Although to overcome this complication the Korean Road Traffic Act established rules for the safe use of roads, the reality is that the rules are seldom observed strictly. In this light, this study was designed to analyze the severity of truck-involved accidents, thereby providing justification for the need of truck-designated lanes and thus contributing to measuring road safety more precisely. A binomial logistic regression model was applied to analyze the severity of truck-involved accidents. The analysis showed that several variables affect the severity of truck-involved accidents on freeways; i.e., violation against the rule of truck-designated lanes, weather, difference between daytime and nighttime, and parking on road shoulder. Moreover, the strong enforcement will be needed to make motorists observe the rule, because a Wald statistical test showed that the violation against the rule of truck-designated lanes has the largest influence on the severity.
Keywords
Freeway; Lane designation; Accident severity; Truck; Binomial logistic regression analysis;
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