Tobit analysis of vehicle accident rates on interstate highways |
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Authors: | Anastasopoulos Panagiotis Ch Tarko Andrew P Mannering Fred L |
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Affiliation: | School of Civil Engineering, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, United States. panast@purdue.edu |
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Abstract: | There has been an abundance of research that has used Poisson models and its variants (negative binomial and zero-inflated models) to improve our understanding of the factors that affect accident frequencies on roadway segments. This study explores the application of an alternate method, tobit regression, by viewing vehicle accident rates directly (instead of frequencies) as a continuous variable that is left-censored at zero. Using data from vehicle accidents on Indiana interstates, the estimation results show that many factors relating to pavement condition, roadway geometrics and traffic characteristics significantly affect vehicle accident rates. |
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Keywords: | Accident rates Tobit regression Pavement condition Roadway geometrics |
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