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Investigation of Factors Associated with Heavy Vehicle Crashes in Iran (Tehran–Qazvin Freeway)

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  • Ali Tavakoli Kashani

    (School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 16846-13114, Iran
    Road Safety Research Center, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 16846-13114, Iran)

  • Kamran Zandi

    (School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 16846-13114, Iran
    Department of Civil Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin 34719-93116, Iran)

  • Atsuyuki Okabe

    (School of Global Studies and Collaboration, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo 252-5258, Japan)

Abstract

With the growing demand for transportation and cargo between cities, the proportion of heavy vehicles in freeway traffic has been increasing in Iran and worldwide during the past decade. The impact of heavy vehicles on crash severity has long been a concern in the crash analysis literature for the prevalence of crashes in freeway traffic. The purpose of this study is to investigate the contribution of heavy vehicles to freeway crashes and uncover other causal factors. Using the comprehensive crash and traffic data from the Qazvin–Tehran freeway in Iran, from 2013 to 2018, 1350 crashes involving heavy vehicles were extracted regarding the weather conditions, weekday, main cause of the crash, driver gender, and culprit side. Considering crash severity calculation, the applied coefficient weights in this study for a person were considered as 3 for an accident resulting in injury and 5 for a fatal crash. A binary logit model was estimated using the data to determine if there was a significant correlation between recognized factors and the likelihood of the crash. The logit modeling results clearly illustrate important relationships between various risk factors and occupant injury, in which heavy vehicles were recognized as one of the most important factors in this study. Other variables associated with crash severity were weather conditions and driver attention. Results indicate that the number of crashes is simultaneously dependent on the total vehicle volume and average speed of heavy vehicles.

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  • Ali Tavakoli Kashani & Kamran Zandi & Atsuyuki Okabe, 2023. "Investigation of Factors Associated with Heavy Vehicle Crashes in Iran (Tehran–Qazvin Freeway)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-16, July.
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