Investigating snowplow-related injury severity along mountainous roadway in Wyoming

• Autorzy: Haq Muhammad Tahmidul , Reza Imran , Ksaibati Khaled

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DOI

10.14254/jsdtl.2023.8-1.6

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Snow removal and deicing using snowplow trucks assist transportation agencies to enhance roadway safety and mobility. However, due to slower travel speeds during these operations, motorists often end up in crashes for poor visibility and disturbance of the snow. Despite the risk associated with snowplows, no previous study was found that exclusively investigate the factors associated with injury severity in snowplow-involved crashes. Therefore, this paper presents an extensive exploratory analysis and fills this knowledge gap by identifying the significant contributing factors affecting the occupant injury severity from the aspects of crashes with snowplow involvement. The study utilized eleven years (2010-2020) of historical snowplow-related crash data from Wyoming. Both the binary logit model and mixed binary logit model were developed to investigate the impacts of the various occupant, vehicle, crash, roadway, and environmental characteristics on the corresponding occupant injury severity. As one of the important findings from this research concludes that other vehicle drivers are more responsible than snowplow drivers contributing to more severe injuries in crashes involving snowplows. Recommendations suggested based on the modeling results are expected to help transportation agencies and policymakers take necessary actions in reducing snowplow-involved crashes by targeting appropriate strategies and proper resource allocation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

winter highway maintenance; snowplows; injury severity; mixed logit model; unobserved heterogeneity; Wyoming; environment

• Wydawca: Fundacja Centrum Badań Socjologicznych ; Scientific Publishing House "SciView"
• Czasopismo: Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 8, No. 1
• Strony: 73--88
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 45 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Haq Muhammad Tahmidul

• Wyoming Technology Transfer Center, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., EN 3029, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3307-288X

autor

Reza Imran

• Department of Civil and Architectural and Construction Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Rm 3071, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4355-2262

autor

Ksaibati Khaled

• Wyoming Technology Transfer Center, 1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3295, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-1792

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Uwagi

1. The work presented in this paper is sponsored by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (contract number RS08221), and supported by the Mountain Plains Consortium (MPC). All figures, tables, and equations listed in this paper will be included in the final report at the conclusion of this study. Copyright © 2022. All rights reserved, the State of Wyoming, Wyoming Department of Transportation, and the University of Wyoming.

2. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).