Risk Factors Affecting Fatal Versus Non-fatal Road Traffic Accidents: The Case of Kars Province, Turkey

The aim of this paper is to determine risk factors affecting the fatal versus non-fatal accidents in a rural region of Turkey, during 2008-2012, considering variables associated with the individual, the environment, and the motor vehicle. A retrospective study was conducted by obtaining the data from the traffic police road accident reports between 2008 and 2012. A stepwise logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the data and critical factors that contributed significantly to fatal versus non-fatal traffic accidents. The results revealed that the driver’s age (OR = 1.09; 90% CI = 1.05 – 1.14), clear weather (OR = 0.11; 90% CI = 0.02 – 0.65), winter season (OR = 0.16; 90% CI = 0.03 – 0.75), straight (OR = 0.22; 90% CI = 0.05 – 0.91) or slight road curve/bend (OR = 0.17; 90% CI = 0.04 – 0.83), the driver’s education (OR = 0.18; 90% CI = 0.04 – 0.85) and the purpose of the vehicle (OR = 0.20; 90% CI = 0.04 – 0.94) were the significant factors affecting road traffic accidents over the sample period.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.7708/ijtte.2014.4(3).07
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Çelik, Ali Kemal
  • Senger, Ötüken
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 339-351
• Serial:
  • International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: City Net Scientific Research Center Ltd.
  • ISSN: 2217-544X
  • EISSN: 2217-5652
  • Serial URL: http://www.ijtte.com/home/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash characteristics; Crash data; Fatalities; Injury severity; Logistic regression analysis; Rural highways; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: Kars (Turkey)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01540038
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 9 2014 9:01AM