Rural casualty crashes in NSW: a comparison of two major arterial roads and two main highways
This research considers the interaction between road geometry and driver behaviour and its impact on change of crash rates for day/night and different driving directions. An empirical location-specific approach is used to compare the results between two types of rural roads. The crash data is investigated for two major arterial roads (Kings Highway and Waterfall Way) and two main highways (Pacific and Princess Highways) in NSW. The results suggest that the risk of crashing is higher at night and during the day on arterial roads and varies according to travel direction. Driver gender, age and speed are all significantly different between day/night. Higher crash rates at night might be due to speed and fatigue, and more crashes during the day on arterial roads might because of the complexity of the interaction between road geometry and driver behaviour on sinuous sections of the road.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Peer reviewed full paper
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Authors:
- Alian, S
- Baker, R G
- Wood, S
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- Publication Date: 2016-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 13p
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 6-8 September, Canberra, Australia
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Behavior; Crash analysis; Crash rates; Drivers; Geometric segments; Highways; Layout; Rural highways
- Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (roads)
- Geographic Terms: Australia; New South Wales
- ATRI Terms: Arterial road; Crash analysis; Crash rate; Driver behaviour; Highway; Road geometry; Rural road
- ITRD Terms: 2775: Rural road
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01617847
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Nov 28 2016 2:24PM