Highlights A generalized nonlinear model-based approach is formulated for crash analyses. Nonlinear relationships among variables can be better quantified and elaborated. Truck percentage and grade have parabolic impacts on rear-end crash occurrences. This research is helpful to evaluate rear-end crash safety improvement plans.

    Abstract A generalized nonlinear model (GNM)-based approach for modeling highway rear-end crash risk is formulated using Washington State traffic safety data. Previous studies majorly focused on causal factor identification and crash risk modeling using Generalized linear Models (GLMs), such as Poisson regression, Logistic regression, etc. However, their basic assumption of a generalized linear relationship between the dependent variable (for example, crash rate) and independent variables (for example, contribute factors to crashes) established via a link function can be often violated in reality. Consequently, the GLM-based modeling results could provide biased findings and conclusions. In this research, a GNM-based approach is developed to utilize a nonlinear regression function to better elaborate non-monotonic relationships between the independent and dependent variables using the rear end accident data collected from 10 highway routes from 2002 through 2006. The results show for example that truck percentage and grade have a parabolic impact: they increase crash risks initially, but decrease them after the certain thresholds. Such non-monotonic relationships cannot be captured by regular GLMs which further demonstrate the flexibility of GNM-based approaches in the nonlinear relationship among data and providing more reasonable explanations. The superior GNM-based model interpretations help better understand the parabolic impacts of some specific contributing factors for selecting and evaluating rear-end crash safety improvement plans.


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    Titel :

    Generalized nonlinear models for rear-end crash risk analysis


    Beteiligte:
    Lao, Yunteng (Autor:in) / Zhang, Guohui (Autor:in) / Wang, Yinhai (Autor:in) / Milton, John (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2013-09-01


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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