An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of Economic Recessions on Pedestrian-Injury Crashes Using Mixed and Latent-Class Models
This study explores the differences in pedestrian injury severity in three distinct economic time periods from the recent global recession (the Great Recession): pre-recession, recession, and post-recession. Using data from pedestrian crashes in Chicago, Illinois over an eight-year period, separate time-period models of pedestrian-injury severities (with possible outcomes of severe injury, moderate injury, and minor injury) were estimated using latent-class logit and mixed logit models. Likelihood ratio tests were conducted to examine the overall stability of model estimates across time periods and marginal effects of each explanatory variable were also considered to investigate the temporal stability of the effect of individual parameter estimates on pedestrian injury-severity probabilities. A wide range of variables potentially affecting injury severities was considered including time, location, and severity of crashes, as well as data on roadway and environmental conditions, pedestrian characteristics, and crash characteristics. The authors findings show significant temporal instability, which likely results from a combination of the economic recession and the long-term evolution of the influence of factors that affect pedestrian-injury severity. Understanding and explicitly modeling the evolution of driver and pedestrian behavior is a promising direction for future research, but this would unfortunately require far more extensive data than is currently available in traditional safety databases.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Behnood, Ali
- Mannering, Fred L
- Publication Date: 2016-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 1-17
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Serial:
- Analytic Methods in Accident Research
- Volume: 12
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2213-6657
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22136657
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Crashes; Databases; Drivers; Injury severity; Logits; Mixed integer programming; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Safety
- Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01618049
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 29 2016 5:04PM