Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting Systems

This study explored factors affecting traffic accidents in roadway segments with and without lighting systems using a random parameter negative binomial model. This study sought to make up for a shortcoming of the fixed parameter model that constrained the estimated parameters to be fixed across obs...

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Main Authors: Minho Park, Dongmin Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4740532
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description This study explored factors affecting traffic accidents in roadway segments with and without lighting systems using a random parameter negative binomial model. This study sought to make up for a shortcoming of the fixed parameter model that constrained the estimated parameters to be fixed across observations, by applying random parameters that can take into account unobserved heterogeneity. Three variables had a random parameter among nine significant variables in segments with lighting systems, while seven of the eleven significant variables in a segment without a lighting system had random parameters. The different influence of interstate highway geometrics on vehicle crashes with and without lighting systems found through this study considering unobserved heterogeneity may hopefully help reduce accident frequencies and consider installation of lighting systems on interstate highways in the future.
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spelling doaj-art-adea45a6aaaf4fcf8f230b3bef90e2ec2025-08-20T03:39:41ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952017-01-01201710.1155/2017/47405324740532Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting SystemsMinho Park0Dongmin Lee1Highway & Transportation Research Division, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Daehwa-Dong, Goyangdae-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 411-712, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Transportation Engineering, University of Seoul, 163 Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-743, Republic of KoreaThis study explored factors affecting traffic accidents in roadway segments with and without lighting systems using a random parameter negative binomial model. This study sought to make up for a shortcoming of the fixed parameter model that constrained the estimated parameters to be fixed across observations, by applying random parameters that can take into account unobserved heterogeneity. Three variables had a random parameter among nine significant variables in segments with lighting systems, while seven of the eleven significant variables in a segment without a lighting system had random parameters. The different influence of interstate highway geometrics on vehicle crashes with and without lighting systems found through this study considering unobserved heterogeneity may hopefully help reduce accident frequencies and consider installation of lighting systems on interstate highways in the future.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4740532
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Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting Systems
Journal of Advanced Transportation
title Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting Systems
title_full Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting Systems
title_fullStr Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting Systems
title_full_unstemmed Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting Systems
title_short Development of Accident Frequency Models with Random Parameters on Interstate Roadway Segments with and without Lighting Systems
title_sort development of accident frequency models with random parameters on interstate roadway segments with and without lighting systems
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