The Effect of Weather Temporal Instability on the Injury Severity in Single-Vehicle Crashes: A Random Parameters with Heterogeneity in Means Approach

Jingyi Wang, Huachun Tan*, Fan Ding, Zoutao Wen

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Abstract

Nowadays, most current studies on weather factors are qualitative analyses and do not consider temporal instability in prediction models. To this end, with road traffic crash data from 2015 to 2017 in Hong Kong and real-time weather data of 1-min accuracy, this study explores the temporal instability of the weather impact on the injury severity of single-vehicle crashes. To use Stata software for the contributing factors selection and multicollinearity test, we matched the Hong Kong crash data with the high-precision weather data from the Hong Kong Observatory. Then, we used NLOGIT to establish fixed parameter logit models, mixed logit models, and mixed logit models with mean heterogeneity, respectively. The results show that the model parameters affecting the injury severity of single-vehicle crashes have significant temporal instability. The injury severity of single-vehicle crashes increases in fall when the humidity is over 80% or the air temperature is between 20℃ and 25℃, as the opposite of the winter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCICTP 2023
Subtitle of host publicationInnovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation - Proceedings of the 23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals
EditorsYanyan Chen, Jianming Ma, Guohui Zhang, Haizhong Wang, Lijun Sun, Zhengbing He
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages1579-1591
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9780784484869
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals: Innovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation, CICTP 2023 - Beijing, China
Duration: 14 Jul 202317 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameCICTP 2023: Innovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation - Proceedings of the 23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals

Conference

Conference23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals: Innovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation, CICTP 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period14/07/2317/07/23

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