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This research investigates the factors that lead to three manners of collision that occur in the same direction of roadway in multilane interstate highways: rear-end, angle and sideswipe. A mixed logit model was developed to estimate the probability of rear-end, angle and sideswipe collisions as functions of vehicle-following attributes and other pre-crash driving maneuvers immediately before collisions. This research emphasizes collisions among passenger cars and large trucks since their vehicular characteristics play a major role in driving behavior. Results show that driving behavior is different when vehicular characteristics are different and when roles of the vehicle driven and stricken are grouped according to cars and trucks. This research contributes to a better understanding of the differences in unsafe driving acts between cars and trucks, and implications on future policies on car and truck drivers.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB20 Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation.

01470560

13-3149

English

18p

2013

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Human factors in crashes; Interstate highways; Logits; Multiple vehicle crashes; Rear end crashes; Right angle crashes; Side crashes

Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-3149

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 5 2013 12:38PM