01373558

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2280-16

http://scholar.google.com...Wets&publication_year=2012

Assessment of the safety impacts of travel demand management (TDM) policies must be conducted proactively. Because TDM policies are typically implemented at an aggregate level, crash prediction models should also be developed at a similar level. The resolution of these models should better match that at which evaluations of TDM policies are performed. Therefore, in this study zonal crash prediction models were considered to establish an association between observed crashes and a set of predictor variables in each zone. This analysis was performed with the generalized linear modeling procedure and the assumption of a negative binomial error distribution. Different exposure, network, and sociodemographic variables for 2,200 traffic analysis zones were considered predictors of crashes in the study area of Flanders, Belgium. An activity-based transportation model framework was applied to produce exposure measurements for crash data that consisted of injury crashes recorded between 2004 and 2007. Network and sociodemographic characteristics were also collected. Different zonal crash prediction models were developed to predict the number of injury crashes, including crashes involving fatalities and severe and slight injuries. These models were classified into three groups: (a) flow-based models, (b) trip-based models, and (c) a combination of the two. The results showed considerable improvement of model performance when both trip-based and flow-based exposure variables were used simultaneously in the formulation of the model. The main purpose of this study was to develop a predictive tool that could be used at the planning level to evaluate the impacts of different TDM policies on traffic safety.

01474121

12-3079

English

pp 145–153

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309263214

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Crash exposure; Crash risk forecasting; Traffic analysis zones; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Travel demand management

Crash prediction models

Flanders (Belgium)

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 8 2012 5:14PM

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