Toll road crashes of commercial and passenger motor vehicles
Autor: | Mark G Solomon, David F. Preusser, Elisa R. Braver |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Truck Engineering Poison control Human Factors and Ergonomics Crash Transport engineering Accidents Occupational Humans Crash data Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Mile biology business.industry Data Collection Accidents Traffic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Toll road United States Motor Vehicles Toll biology.protein Wounds and Injuries business Vehicle type human activities |
Zdroj: | Accident Analysis & Prevention. 34:293-303 |
ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0001-4575(01)00026-4 |
Popis: | Revenue-collection data from toll roads allow for accurate estimates of miles driven by vehicle type and, when combined with crash data, valid estimates of crash involvements per mile driven. Data on vehicle-miles traveled and collisions were obtained from toll road authorities in Florida. Kansas, and New York. In addition, state crash files and published vehicle-miles of travel were obtained for toll roads in Illinois. Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Large commercial motor vehicles were significantly underinvolved in single-vehicle crashes on all state toll roads. In five states, commercial motor vehicles were significantly overinvolved in multiple-vehicle crashes relative to passenger vehicles; the exceptions were Kansas, where they had significantly lower multiple-vehicle involvement rates, and Indiana. where there were no significant differences in multiple-vehicle involvements by vehicle type. The risk of commercial motor vehicle involvement in multiple-vehicle crashes resulting in deaths or serious injuries was double that of passenger vehicles in the two states (Ohio and Pennsylvania) that identified serious injuries. Whether crash rates, on toll roads of commercial motor vehicles are higher or lower than those of passenger vehicles appears to depend on the type of crash, specific toll road. and traffic density. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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