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Citation

Pai CW, Saleh W. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2008; 40(2): 479-486.

Affiliation

E21, 10 Colinton Road, Transport Research Institute, Napier University, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Scotland, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.003

PMID

18329397

Abstract

Research has suggested that motorcyclists involved in approach-turn crashes were much more injurious than any other crash-type. This paper investigates the determinants of motorcyclist injury severity resulting from such crash types that occurred at T-junctions, with emphasis on the effects of driver's failure to give way and various junction control measures. The ordered probit models of motorcyclist injury severity were estimated using the data extracted from the STATS19 accident injury database (1991-2004). Approach-turn collisions are categorised into two sub-crashes based on the manoeuvres motorcycles and vehicles were making prior to the collisions. The modelling results uncover several important determinants of injury severity: for example, injuries appeared to be greatest when an approaching motorcycle collided with a turning-right vehicle, and such effect was found to exacerbate injury severity when stop, give-way signs and markings controlled the junction. A turning-right driver that was identified to fail to yield to an approaching motorcyclist was also found to severely injure the motorcyclist. The findings of this study may offer guidelines for further research and provide some important preliminary evidence for the development of countermeasures that may help prevent the specific hazards from occurring.


Language: en

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