AbstractThis paper describes some of the main findings from two separate studies on accident prediction models for urban junctions and urban road links described in [Uheldsmodel for bygader-Del1: Modeller for 3-og 4-benede kryds. Notat 22, The Danish Road Directorate, 1995; Uheldsmodel for bygader- Del2: Modeller for strækninger. Notat 59, The Danish Road Directorate, 1998] (Greibe and Hemdorff, 1995, 1998). The main objective for the studies was to establish simple, practicable accident models that can predict the expected number of accidents at urban junctions and road links as accurately as possible. The models can be used to identify factors affecting road safety and in relation to ‘black spot’ identification and network safety analysis undertaken by local road authorities. The accident prediction models are based on data from 1036 junctions and 142km road links in urban areas. Generalised linear modelling techniques were used to relate accident frequencies to explanatory variables. The estimated accident prediction models for road links were capable of describing more than 60% of the systematic variation (‘percentage-explained’ value) while the models for junctions had lower values. This indicates that modelling accidents for road links is less complicated than for junctions, probably due to a more uniform accident pattern and a simpler traffic flow exposure or due to lack of adequate explanatory variables for junctions. Explanatory variables describing road design and road geometry proved to be significant for road link models but less important in junction models. The most powerful variable for all models was motor vehicle traffic flow.


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    Title :

    Accident prediction models for urban roads


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    2001-12-04


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    13 pages




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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