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Influencing factors for right turn lane crash frequency based on geographically and temporally weighted regression models

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JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
Volume 86, Issue -, Pages 191-208

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2023.05.010

Keywords

Right turn lane; Geometric design; Crash frequency; Spatiotemporal effects; Geographically temporally weighted; negative binomial regression

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This study investigates the safety performance of right-turn lane (RTL) geometric configuration based on crash data in ten counties in Indiana. The results show that the impacts of RTL geometric design factors on crash frequency vary significantly among space and time. The study also finds that the presence of bicycle and pedestrian lanes is more likely to increase crashes in urban areas, and exclusive RTLs are more likely to increase crashes on county roads.
Introduction: Right-turn lane (RTL) crashes are among the key contributors to intersection crashes in the US. Unfortunately, the lack of deep insights into understanding the effects of RTL geometric design factors on crash frequency impedes improving RTL safety performance. Method: Taking the crash data in ten counties in Indiana state from 2013 to 2016 as a case study, this study investigates the safety performance of RTL geometric configuration based on multi-sources. We introduce the geographically and temporally weighted negative binomial model (GTWNBR) to capture the space and time instability in crashes. Results: The results show that the impacts of RTL geometric design factors on crash frequency vary significantly among space and time. Several key insights can be obtained from the state-wide and multi-years crash analysis by associating the estimated parameters with road classes, localities, and counties. Conclusions: First, the RTL's length, width, turning radius, and the installments of traffic roundabouts present higher spatiotemporal heterogeneity than other factors in modeling the crash frequency. Second, the effects of RTL's geometric factors vary significantly across space and time. The presence of bicycle and pedestrian lanes is more likely to increase crashes in urban areas than in rural ones, especially at nighttime. Third, while exclusive RTLs decrease the crash frequency compared to the shared RTLs, the exclusive RTLs are more likely to increase the crashes for RTLs on the county road than on other road classes. Increasing RTL's turning radius and decreasing RTL's length is more likely to promote crashes for RTLs on county roads than on other road classes. Practical Applications: The insights provide vital guidance to improve the safety performance of geometric configuration for RTLs and intersections.(c) 2023 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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