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  • Potential crash risks of expressway on-ramps and off-ramps: A case study in Beijing, China

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    Author(s)
    Qu, Xiaobo
    Yang, Ying
    Liu, Zhiyuan
    Jin, Sheng
    Weng, Jinxian
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Qu, Xiaobo
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    Objective This paper aims to assess the potential crash risks across different traffic lanes (shoulder lane, median lane, and middle lane) near to ramps (before on-ramps, between ramps, and after off-ramps). Methods Field data are collected at seven locations (90 min for each location) during peak hours. Two risk indices based on time to collision, individual risk and societal risk are proposed to represent the distinct interpretations of risks to transport agencies and individual motorists. One-way ANOVA is applied to analyze the risk impact of ramps in various types of locations across distinct traffic lanes. Results Median ...
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    Objective This paper aims to assess the potential crash risks across different traffic lanes (shoulder lane, median lane, and middle lane) near to ramps (before on-ramps, between ramps, and after off-ramps). Methods Field data are collected at seven locations (90 min for each location) during peak hours. Two risk indices based on time to collision, individual risk and societal risk are proposed to represent the distinct interpretations of risks to transport agencies and individual motorists. One-way ANOVA is applied to analyze the risk impact of ramps in various types of locations across distinct traffic lanes. Results Median lanes and sections after off-ramps have relatively lower risks compared to other lanes and sections. The individual and societal risks might not always be consistent since the two risk indices are proposed based on distinct perspectives: transport agencies focus on the crash/conflict frequencies in a road section and individual motorists concern more about the probability of being involved in a crash/conflict during their journey. Conclusions The differences in risks mainly result from the frequent lane-changing and merging activities. This model could be used to evaluate the performance of expressway ramp design.
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    Journal Title
    Safety Science
    Volume
    70
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2014.04.016
    Copyright Statement
    © 2014 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Engineering
    Transport engineering
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/62163
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