The Severity of Traffic Crashes in Italy: An Explorative Analysis among Different Driving Circumstances

Laura Eboli and Carmen Forciniti
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Laura Eboli: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Carmen Forciniti: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: Analyzing traffic accidents is very important due to their direct impact on the social environment. In the literature, many studies focus on the different aspects that influence traffic accidents, such as human, vehicle, road and environment risk factors. In this paper, we propose a methodology for testing the relationship between road, external environment, driver and vehicle characteristics, and certain circumstances that lead to the traffic crashes. Particularly, we elaborate on logistic regression models for evaluating how these different characteristics impact on crash severity, considering the combination of traffic circumstances that caused the crash. In each combination, a vehicle proceeded regularly, whereas the other vehicle did an incorrect maneuver (the vehicle proceeded: with distracted driving; without maintaining the safety distance; with speeding; by maneuvering to join the circulation flow; against the flow). The present work analyzes data related to road crashes which occurred in Italy during 2016 involving two vehicles. The results show that the variables significantly influencing crash severity are different depending on the combinations of circumstances that cause the crash.

Keywords: road safety; traffic accident circumstances; crash severity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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