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Understanding the Contributing Factors to Nighttime Crashes at Freeway Mainline Segments
Department of Civil Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Department of Civil Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
- 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
- 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Journal of Transportation Technologies·Volume 09 (2019)·Pages 450–461·Published 11 September 2019·DOI10.4236/jtts.2019.94028
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Abstract
This study investigated the crash contributing factors to the injury outcomes and the characteristics of the night time crashes at freeway mainline segments. Multinomial logit model (MNL) was selected to estimate the explanatory variables at a 95% confidence level. The six-year crash data (2005-2010) were obtained in the State of Florida, USA and five injury level outcomes, no injury, possible injury, non-incapacitating injury, capacitating injury, and fatal injury, were considered. The no injury level was selected as the baseline category.
KeywordsContributing FactorsNighttime CrashInjury SeverityFreeway Mainline
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