Evaluating the impact of traffic violations on crash injury severity on Wyoming interstates:An investigation with a random parameters model with heterogeneity in means approach

作     者：Anas Alrejjal Milhan Moomen Khaled Ksaibati Anas Alrejjal;Milhan Moomen;Khaled Ksaibati

作者机构：Department of Civil and Architectural EngineeringUniversity of WyomingLaramieWY 82070USA South Carolina Department of TransportationColumbiaSC 29202USA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering(English Edition)》 (交通运输工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第9卷第4期

页      面：654-665页

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学科分类：082304[工学-载运工具运用工程] 08[工学] 080204[工学-车辆工程] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

基　　金：funded by the Wyoming Department of Transportation 

主　　题：Random parameters Heterogeneity in means Injury severity Interstate safety 

摘      要：This study investigated the impact of traffic violations on crash injury severity on Wyoming’s interstate highways.A random parameters multinomial logit(MNL)model with heterogeneity in means was estimated as an alternative to the mixed logit *** was done to better account for unobserved heterogeneity in the crash *** per the results,the random parameters model with heterogeneity in means not only exhibited a better fit but also uncovered more insights regarding the factors influencing crash injury *** advanced model showed that traffic violations,crash characteristics and environmental characteristics among other factors impact crash injury severity on Wyoming’s interstate *** regards to traffic violations,driving too fast for prevailing conditions and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs were identified as the main violations that significantly influenced crash *** other useful insights,the heterogeneity in mean specification indicated that the likelihood of severe injury crashes is increased by the interactive effect between non-trucks(vehicles not classified as trucks)and driving too fast for *** is a significant implication that high speed behavior by non-truck drivers in adverse weather conditions is ranked as one of the hazardous traffic violations on Wyoming’s *** study provided for the first time important information on the impact of traffic violations on crash severity of crashes that occurred on challenging roadways that characterized by mountainous terrain and severe weather *** from the study will help enforcement agencies in the state to better identify appropriate countermeasures to mitigate the impact of violations on crash severity.