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Presence of passengers: does it increase or reduce driver's crash potential?
- Source :
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Accident; analysis and prevention [Accid Anal Prev] 2008 Sep; Vol. 40 (5), pp. 1703-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jul 01. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- This study examines the impact of passengers on the driver's crash potential on freeways. To estimate the impact, a set of bivariate probit models were developed using the 5-year (1999-2003) crash records on a 36.3-mile stretch of Interstate-4 freeway (I-4) in Orlando, Florida. Bivariate probit models identify the correlation between potentially inter-related choices of three passenger characteristics and three crash characteristics. The analysis using bivariate probit models showed that there exist strong correlations between passenger and crash characteristics. It was found that drivers generally display safer driving behavior when they are accompanied by passengers, and more passengers reduce driver's crash potential. It was also found that younger driver's crash potential increases with the presence of a younger passenger only. In addition, the analysis of crash type using traffic flow parameters at the time of crashes showed that young drivers with only younger passengers are more likely to be involved in single-vehicle crashes in high-speed and low-volume conditions. The findings in this study provide insight into how the presence of passengers has an impact on driver behavior and traffic safety in various conditions.
- Subjects :
- Accidents, Traffic psychology
Adolescent
Adult
Automobile Driving psychology
Chi-Square Distribution
Female
Florida
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Safety
Young Adult
Accidents, Traffic statistics & numerical data
Automobile Driving statistics & numerical data
Behavior
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-2057
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Accident; analysis and prevention
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18760099
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2008.06.006