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Impacts of Real-Time Traffic State on Urban Expressway Crashes by Collision and Vehicle Type

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  • Chen Wang

    (Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China)

  • Ming Zhong

    (Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China)

  • Hui Zhang

    (Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China)

  • Siyao Li

    (Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China)

Abstract

With the rapid development of urban expressway systems in China in recent years, traffic safety problems have attracted more attention. Variation of traffic flow is considered to have significant impact on the safety performance of expressways. Therefore, the motivation of this study is to explore the mechanism of how the variation of traffic flow measurements such as average speed, speed variation and traffic volume impact the crash risk. Firstly, the crashes were classified according to crash type and vehicles involved: and they are labeled with rear-end collisions or side-impact collisions, they are labeled with heavy-vehicle related collisions or light-vehicle related collisions as well. Then, the corresponding crash data were aggregated based on the similarity of traffic flow conditions and types of crashes. Finally, a random effect negative binomial model was introduced to consider the heterogeneity of the crash risk due to the variance within the traffic flow and crash types. The results show that the significant influencing factors of each type of crashes are not consistent. Specifically, the percentage of heavy vehicles within traffic flow is found to have a negative impact on rear-end collisions and light-vehicle-related collisions, but it has no obvious correlation with side-impact collisions and heavy-vehicle-related collisions. Average speed, speed variation and traffic volume have an interactive effect on the crash rate. In conclusion, if the traffic flow is with higher speed variation within lanes and is with lower average speed, the risk of all types of crashes tends to be higher. If the speed variation within lanes decreases and the average speed increases, the crash risk will also increase. In addition, if the traffic flow is under the conditions of higher speed variation between lanes and lower traffic volume, the risk of rear-end collisions, side-impact collisions and heavy-vehicles related collisions tend to be higher. Meanwhile, if the speed variation between lanes decreases and the traffic volume increases, the crash risk is found to increase as well.

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  • Chen Wang & Ming Zhong & Hui Zhang & Siyao Li, 2022. "Impacts of Real-Time Traffic State on Urban Expressway Crashes by Collision and Vehicle Type," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-15, February.
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