Identification of Hazardous Road Sections: Crash Data versus Composite Index Method

Intan Suhana, Mohd Razelan and Hussain, Hamid and Teik Hwa, Law and Ahmad, Farhan (2014) Identification of Hazardous Road Sections: Crash Data versus Composite Index Method. IACSIT International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 6 (6). pp. 481-486. (Published)

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Abstract

In current road safety practices, the identification of hazardous road sections are normally based on crash data. However, the information provided by crash data may not be adequate to explain the causal factors that lead to a crash. Therefore, a different kind of road safety indicator that can extensively describe the actual road environment problems of a road section is considered essential. This paper considered fourteen road environment indicators based on their abilities to portray current road environment conditions and their potential towards road crash incidence. These indicators were collected using naturalistic driving technique within the 80-km road length connecting Kuantan and Maran town in the state of Pahang, Malaysia in which the composite road environment risk index was finally developed. This composite road environment risk index is found to be a useful proactive method to identify the potential problematic road sections that require urgent road improvement works as compared to the reactive crash data analysis method.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Circular variables; concentration parameter; error-in-variables model; Fisher information matrix; functional relationship model; wind direction.
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources
Depositing User: Mrs. Neng Sury Sulaiman
Date Deposited: 14 Apr 2016 03:28
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2018 07:32
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6578
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