Incorporating Time-Dependent Data to Proactive Safety Management

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• Creators:
  Pineda-Mendez, Raul ; Guo, Qiming ; Ahmad, Noshin S ; Romero, Mario A. ; Tarko, Andrew P.
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Development ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Safety management
  • Countermeasures
  • Logits
  • Crash data
  • Data collection
  • Data storage
  • Freeways
  • Highway safety
  • Intersections
  • Rural highways
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2024/01
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317700
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana;United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Abstract:
  This study proposed a risk-based safety management framework to supplement the current crash-based safety management system. The proposed tool considers time-dependent factors (e.g., hourly traffic, speed features, weather conditions, signal controls) to help justify operational measures for safety improvements (e.g., variable message signs, variable speed limits, warnings). These selected temporal factors subsequently were included in the developed sequential logit models; and those models, applied hour by hour, were then used to estimate the crash probability and severity level. Two typical roadway elements, rural freeway segments and signalized intersections, were also included in the analysis. The obtained crash risk profiles can be used to predict the expected number of crashes in periods when the operational safety countermeasures are expected to be active based on certain triggering conditions (e.g., traffic, weather, nighttime). These results, together with crash modification factors, may be used in the benefit and cost analysis process to justify the application of specific countermeasures.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-4540
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74316/dot_74316_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.40 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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