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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2017.32.6.143

Analysis of Road Cross Section Component Affecting Traffic Accident Severity on National Highway  

Park, Jaehong (Highway and Transportation Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technoglogy)
Yun, Dukgeun (Highway and Transportation Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technoglogy)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.32, no.6, 2017 , pp. 143-149 More about this Journal
Abstract
According to traffic accidents statistics, the number of fatalities, injuries and the rate of increase of traffic accidents have been decreasing over last 5-years. The fatality rate is 1.9 for total accidents but the fatality rate for single vehicle accidents shows a 7.9, which is 4 times greater than the average for all accidents. Single vehicle accidents, usually occur as a vehicle impacts a fixed objects on the roadside as the vehicle runs-off from the road. However, few researches have been conducted considering the accident severity of single vehicle accidents which impact to the fixed objects on the road. The single vehicle accident is directly related to the composition of road cross section, (since it is the required the minimum width of a road for all run-off-the-road vehicles to recover or come to a safe stop). Therefore, this study analyzes the influence of road cross section on traffic accidents to find out the severity of single vehicle accident. To analyze the road elements which are related to the accident severity, the Ordered Probit Model was used. As variables, the element of road cross section such as the radius(m), vertical curve(%), cross sectional grade(%), road width(m). number of climbing lane, median, and curb, were used (as was the 3-years of accidents data). This study found out that cross slope(%), road width(m), and the number of climbing lane are related to the severity of accident. The result of this study could be expected to improve the road safety and to be used as the base data for further road safety research.
Keywords
traffic accident; accident severity ordered probit model; traffic accident data;
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