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Title:

CAUSAL FACTORS FOR ACCIDENTS ON SOUTHEASTERN LOW-VOLUME RURAL ROADS

Accession Number:

00763263

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309065240

Abstract:

Low-volume roads comprise a significant portion of the rural roadway network. Because of documented higher crash frequencies and more severe injuries on such roads, it is necessary to further examine causal factors of these crashes and to determine if crash characteristics follow the patterns of other highways. The quasi-induced exposure technique is used to analyze the relationship of driver, roadway, and environmental factors involved in crashes on low-volume roads. Crashes from Kentucky and North Carolina for 1993-1995 are used. The results show that (a) low-volume roads present similar crash trends as those observed on other roads; (b) drivers under the age of 25 and drivers over the age of 65 have higher crash propensities than middle-aged drivers; (c) female drivers are safer on average than male drivers; (d) young drivers (under the age of 25) experience more single-vehicle crashes and drivers over 65 are more likely to be involved in two-vehicle crashes; (e) drivers of older vehicles have higher two-vehicle crash propensities on low-volume roads than drivers of newer vehicles; (f) in single-vehicle crashes, drivers of older vehicles are more likely to have a serious injury than drivers of new vehicles; and (g) large trucks have the highest two-vehicle crash propensity on low-volume roads, followed by sedans, pick-up trucks, vans, and station wagons.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1652, Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, May 23-26, 1999, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Volume 1.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Stamatiadis, N
Jones, S
Aultman-Hall, L

Pagination:

p. 111-117

Publication Date:

1999

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1652
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date: 1999-5-23 to 1999-5-26
Sponsors: US Forest Service; Federal Highway Administration; US Bureau of Indian Affairs; Louisiana State University; World Road Association; Department of International Development-UK; Louisiana Transportation Research Center; Louisiana DOT

ISBN:

0309065240

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (14) ; Tables (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Vehicle age

Geographic Terms:

Kentucky; North Carolina

Subject Areas:

Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I81: Accident Statistics

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

May 24 1999 12:00AM