Impact of traffic states on freeway crash involvement rates

H Yeo, K Jang, A Skabardonis, S Kang - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2013 - Elsevier
Freeway traffic accidents are complicated events that are influenced by multiple factors
including roadway geometry, drivers' behavior, traffic conditions and environmental factors …

Evaluation of the impacts of traffic states on crash risks on freeways

C Xu, P Liu, W Wang, Z Li - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2012 - Elsevier
The primary objective of this study is to divide freeway traffic flow into different states, and to
evaluate the safety performance associated with each state. Using traffic flow data and crash …

Impact of traffic states on freeway collision frequency

H Yeo, K Jang, A Skabardonis - 2010 - escholarship.org
Freeway collisions are thought to be affected by traffic states. To reduce the number of
collisions, the study to reveal how the traffic states influence collisions are required …

Identification of freeway crash-prone traffic conditions for traffic flow at different levels of service

C Xu, P Liu, W Wang, Z Li - Transportation research part A: policy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the risks of crashes associated with the
freeway traffic flow operating at various levels of service (LOS) and to identify crash-prone …

Freeway single and multi-vehicle crash safety analysis: Influencing factors and hotspots

X Wang, M Feng - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019 - Elsevier
Single-vehicle (SV) and multi-vehicle (MV) crashes have been recognized as differing in
spatial distribution and influencing factors, but little consideration has been given to these …

Development of a crash risk index to identify real time crash risks on freeways

C Xu, P Liu, W Wang, X Jiang - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2013 - Springer
The primary objective of this study is to develop a quantitative indicator that can be directly
used to identify hazardous traffic states on freeway mainlines. Using data obtained from a 22 …

Investigating the characteristics of secondary crashes on freeways

H Yang, B Bartin, K Ozbay - 2013 - trid.trb.org
Prevention of secondary crashes is one of the priorities in traffic incident management.
However, limited information on secondary crashes has largely impeded the selection of …

Quantitative risk assessment of freeway crash casualty using high-resolution traffic data

C Xu, Y Wang, P Liu, W Wang, J Bao - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the impacts of traffic flow conditions on crash casualty of
different collision types using high-resolution traffic data. The principle components analysis …

Identifying primary and secondary crashes from spatiotemporal crash impact analysis

Y Chung - Transportation research record, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The identification of secondary crashes is accompanied by the definition of the primary crash
impact area. Although the crash impact area varies with the geometric characteristics of …

Selecting exposure measures in crash rate prediction for two-lane highway segments

X Qin, JN Ivan, N Ravishanker - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2004 - Elsevier
A critical part of any risk assessment is identifying how to represent exposure to the risk
involved. Recent research shows that the relationship between crash count and traffic …