DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE MODEL TO ASCERTAIN PROBABLE SAFETY RATINGS FOR MOTOR CARRIER FIRMS: A NATION-WIDE PERSPECTIVE
In every industry, safety is a top priority. This is especially true in the trucking industry, as evidenced by the increases in roadside inspections and safety reviews performed each year and new legislation implemented. However, some costs to the industry, and ultimately society, from these requirements may be able to be diminished. Safety reviews, in particular, can be very time consuming. Previous research has shown, however, that many other data items that the Federal Highway Administration collects are highly correlated with the outcome of these reviews. Therefore, this project examines the feasibility of developing a model from this other data to ascertain the likelihood of a certain safety rating. This would enable efforts to be focused on the motor carrier firms with the least probability of achieving a Satisfactory rating and reduce the need to visit every firm. A preliminary analysis is performed using only information from North Dakota to get a feel for the data; then a comprehensive analysis is performed using all motor carriers in the data base. Also, reviews of other related research are provided.
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Corporate Authors:
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
1320 Albrecht Boulevard
Fargo, ND United States 581052 -
Authors:
- Lantz, B M
- Publication Date: 1994-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 29 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Databases; Highway safety; Inspection; Legislation; Mathematical models; Motor carriers; Roadside; Trucking
- Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Old TRIS Terms: Safety rating
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00737574
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 105
- Files: NTL, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 19 1997 12:00AM