Mining groups of factors influencing bus/minibus crash severities on poor pavement condition roads considering different lighting status
This study employs a data mining approach to discover hidden groups of crash-risk factors leading to each bus/minibus crash severity level on pothole-ridden/poor roads categorized under different lighting conditions namely daylight, night with streetlights turned on, and night with streetlights turned off/no streetlights. The bus/minibus data employed contained 2,832 crashes observed on poor roads between 2011 and 2015, with variables such as the weather, driver, vehicle, roadway, and temporal characteristics. The data was grouped into three based on lighting condition, and the association rule data mining approach was applied. Overall, most rules pointing to fatal crashes included the hit-pedestrian variable, and these crashes were more frequent on straight/flat roads at night. While median presence was highly associated with severe bus/minibus crashes on dark-and-unlighted roads, median absence was correlated with severe crashes on dark-but-lighted roads. On-street parking was identified as a leading contributor to property-damage-only crashes in daylight conditions. The study proposed relevant countermeasures to provide practical guidance to safety engineers regarding the mitigation of bus/minibus crashes in Ghana.
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Authors:
- Tamakloe, Reuben
- Sam, Enoch F
- Bencekri, Madiha
- Das, Subasish
- Park, Dongjoo
- Publication Date: 2022-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 308-314
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Serial:
- Traffic Injury Prevention
- Volume: 23
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 1538-9588
- Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15389588.html
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Buses; Crash risk forecasting; Crash severity; Minibuses; Risk assessment; Street lighting
- Geographic Terms: Ghana
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01848964
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 21 2022 10:31AM