Safety of school zone areas has been an important topic in the transportation field because the school zones might cause a risk for the school-aged pedestrians and bicyclists, and motorists due to many types of travel activities near schools. This paper assessed the safety effects of roadway features in school zone areas by exploring the performance of five different types of alternative crash prediction models. The results indicated that the random effects Poisson inverse Gaussian (REPIG) models provide the most accurate crash predictions. Moreover, the results showed that increasing shoulder and lane widths, installation of flashing beacon at school zone speed limit sign, and decreasing the number of driveways were safety effective in reducing crash frequency at school zone areas. The findings from this study offer transportation practitioners and policymakers a dependable reference to enhance safety in schools based on the empirical evidence.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    School zone safety modeling in countermeasure evaluation and decision


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2019-11-29


    Size :

    16 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Safety Evaluation and Countermeasure Research on Fringe Area

    Zheng, Y.N. / Yao, H.Y. / Zhou, Z. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2011


    Choosing Comparison Groups for Road Safety Countermeasure Evaluation

    Quaye, K. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996


    Safety Evaluation and Countermeasure Research on Fringe Area

    Zheng, Yi Nan ;Yao, Hong Yun ;Zhou, Zheng | Trans Tech Publications | 2011


    School zone safety system

    CHOI HONG / KIM DAE GU | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access