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Application of the Hyper‐Poisson Generalized Linear Model for Analyzing Motor Vehicle Crashes

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  • S. Hadi Khazraee
  • Antonio Jose Sáez‐Castillo
  • Srinivas Reddy Geedipally
  • Dominique Lord

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The hyper‐Poisson distribution can handle both over‐ and underdispersion, and its generalized linear model formulation allows the dispersion of the distribution to be observation‐specific and dependent on model covariates. This study's objective is to examine the potential applicability of a newly proposed generalized linear model framework for the hyper‐Poisson distribution in analyzing motor vehicle crash count data. The hyper‐Poisson generalized linear model was first fitted to intersection crash data from Toronto, characterized by overdispersion, and then to crash data from railway‐highway crossings in Korea, characterized by underdispersion. The results of this study are promising. When fitted to the Toronto data set, the goodness‐of‐fit measures indicated that the hyper‐Poisson model with a variable dispersion parameter provided a statistical fit as good as the traditional negative binomial model. The hyper‐Poisson model was also successful in handling the underdispersed data from Korea; the model performed as well as the gamma probability model and the Conway‐Maxwell‐Poisson model previously developed for the same data set. The advantages of the hyper‐Poisson model studied in this article are noteworthy. Unlike the negative binomial model, which has difficulties in handling underdispersed data, the hyper‐Poisson model can handle both over‐ and underdispersed crash data. Although not a major issue for the Conway‐Maxwell‐Poisson model, the effect of each variable on the expected mean of crashes is easily interpretable in the case of this new model.

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  • S. Hadi Khazraee & Antonio Jose Sáez‐Castillo & Srinivas Reddy Geedipally & Dominique Lord, 2015. "Application of the Hyper‐Poisson Generalized Linear Model for Analyzing Motor Vehicle Crashes," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(5), pages 919-930, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:35:y:2015:i:5:p:919-930
    DOI: 10.1111/risa.12296
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