Practice Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes Accident of a City in China

Abstract:

Many studies focused on the development of crash analysis approaches have resulted in aggregate practices and experiences to quantify the safety effects of human, geometric, traffic and environmental factors on the expected number of deaths, injuries, and/or property damage crashes at specific locations. Traffic crashes on roads are a major cause of road crashes in the metropolitan area of Xi’an. In an attempt to identify causes and consequences, reported traffic crashes for six years in Xi’an were analyzed using a sample of 2038 reports. The main types of information from such reports were extracted, coded, and statistically analyzed. Important results were obtained from frequency analyses as well as multiple contributory factors related to traffic crashes, including crash severity, time and location of occurrence, geometry of the road, AADT and v/c. This paper presents the results of such analyses and provides some recommendations to improve traffic safety and further studies to analyze potential crash locations.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 5)
• Pages: 105-110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.5.105
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Li Wei Hu, Jian Xiong
• Keywords: Contributory Factor, Crash Features, Crash Type, Traffic Accidents

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