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Investigation of the impact of junctions on the frequency of road crashes in urban areas
- Date Issued:
- 2014
- Summary:
- The huge financial and societal cost associated with traffic crashes and the fact that more than half of them occur at junctions, revealed the need for further research in the field of junction safety. This research aims to investigate the quantitative impact of junctions in relation to other selected parameters, on the frequency of road crashes in urban areas in the State of Florida. Mathematical models were developed with the use of loglinear analysis method for different traffic volumes in and out of junction. In addition, sensitivity analysis was performed in order to better understand the impact of selected parameters to the total number of crashes. The analysis has led to several conclusions such as that angle and left turn collisions have much higher probability of occurrence at junctions and that crashes which occur at junctions are much more probable for low and medium volumes compared to no-junctions.
Title: | Investigation of the impact of junctions on the frequency of road crashes in urban areas. |
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Name(s): |
Kapetanakis, Konstantinos, author Kaisar, Evangelos I., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Created: | 2014 | |
Date Issued: | 2014 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 185 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | The huge financial and societal cost associated with traffic crashes and the fact that more than half of them occur at junctions, revealed the need for further research in the field of junction safety. This research aims to investigate the quantitative impact of junctions in relation to other selected parameters, on the frequency of road crashes in urban areas in the State of Florida. Mathematical models were developed with the use of loglinear analysis method for different traffic volumes in and out of junction. In addition, sensitivity analysis was performed in order to better understand the impact of selected parameters to the total number of crashes. The analysis has led to several conclusions such as that angle and left turn collisions have much higher probability of occurrence at junctions and that crashes which occur at junctions are much more probable for low and medium volumes compared to no-junctions. | |
Identifier: | FA00004128 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
Subject(s): |
Roads -- Intersections and interchanges -- Safety measures Traffic safety -- Mathematical models |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
Links: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004128 | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004128 | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |