TY - JOUR
T1 - Motorcyclist injury severity in angle crashes at T-junctions
T2 - Identifying significant factors and analysing what made motorists fail to yield to motorcycles
AU - Pai, Chih Wei
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Evidence in literature suggested that motorists' failure to give way to motorcycles at junctions is the main contributory factor to motorcycle-car accidents that involve gap acceptance (i.e., approach-turn and angle crashes). This paper attempts to examine how motorist's failure to give way affects motorcyclist injury severity in angle crashes at T-junctions, while controlling for other factors (demographic, vehicle, crash, and environmental factors). Binary logistic models of motorcyclist injury severity were estimated using the data extracted from the Stats19 accident injury database (1991-2004). Angle collisions were classified into several sub-crashes based on the manoeuvres motorcycles and cars were making prior to the accidents. The modelling results showed that injuries were greatest when a travelling-straight motorcycle on the main road crashed into a right-turn car from the minor road, particularly at stop-/yield-controlled junctions. Such crash pattern was assumed to be an accident involving right-of-way violation. Using binary logistic models, factors determining the likelihood of motorist's failure to yield to motorcycles were also examined. The implications of the research findings of this present study were provided.
AB - Evidence in literature suggested that motorists' failure to give way to motorcycles at junctions is the main contributory factor to motorcycle-car accidents that involve gap acceptance (i.e., approach-turn and angle crashes). This paper attempts to examine how motorist's failure to give way affects motorcyclist injury severity in angle crashes at T-junctions, while controlling for other factors (demographic, vehicle, crash, and environmental factors). Binary logistic models of motorcyclist injury severity were estimated using the data extracted from the Stats19 accident injury database (1991-2004). Angle collisions were classified into several sub-crashes based on the manoeuvres motorcycles and cars were making prior to the accidents. The modelling results showed that injuries were greatest when a travelling-straight motorcycle on the main road crashed into a right-turn car from the minor road, particularly at stop-/yield-controlled junctions. Such crash pattern was assumed to be an accident involving right-of-way violation. Using binary logistic models, factors determining the likelihood of motorist's failure to yield to motorcycles were also examined. The implications of the research findings of this present study were provided.
KW - Angle crash at T-junction
KW - Motorcyclist injury severity
KW - Right-of-way violation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.12.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67349116064
SN - 0925-7535
VL - 47
SP - 1097
EP - 1106
JO - Safety Science
JF - Safety Science
IS - 8
ER -