Identifying roadway departure crash patterns on rural two-lane highways under different lighting conditions: association knowledge using data mining approach

Ahmed Hossain, Xiaoduan Sun, Shahrin Islam, Shah Alam, Md Mahmud Hossain
2/28/2023
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Abstract

More than half of all fatalities on U.S. highways occur due to roadway departure (RwD) each year. Previous research has explored various risk factors that contribute to RwD crashes, however, a comprehensive investigation considering the effect of lighting conditions has been insufficiently addressed. Using the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development crash database, fatal and injury RwD crashes occurring on rural two-lane (R2L) highways between 2008-2017 were analyzed based on daylight and dark (with/without streetlight). This research employed a safe system approach to explore meaningful complex interactions among multidimensional crash risk factors. To accomplish this, an unsupervised data mining algorithm association rules mining (ARM) was utilized. Based on the generated rules, the findings reveal several interesting crash patterns in the daylight, dark-with-streetlight, and dark-no-streetlight, emphasizing the importance of investigating RwD crash patterns depending on the lighting conditions. In daylight, fatal RwD crashes are associated with cloudy weather conditions, distracted drivers, standing water on the roadway, no seat belt use, and construction zones. In dark lighting conditions (with/without streetlight), the majority of the RwD crashes are associated with alcohol/drug involvement, young drivers (15-24 years), driver condition (e.g., inattentive, distracted, illness/fatigued/asleep) and colliding with animal (s). The findings reveal how certain driver behavior patterns are connected to RwD crashes, such as a strong association between alcohol/drug intoxication and no seat belt usage in the dark-no-streetlight condition. Based on the identified crash patterns and behavioral characteristics under different lighting conditions, the findings could aid researchers and safety specialists in developing the most effective RwD crash mitigation strategies.

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Cite this paper

@article{hossain2023identifying,
  title  = {Identifying roadway departure crash patterns on rural two-lane highways under different lighting conditions: association knowledge using data mining approach},
  author = {Ahmed Hossain and Xiaoduan Sun and Shahrin Islam and Shah Alam and Md Mahmud Hossain},
  year   = {2023},
  eprint = {2302.14754},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url    = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.14754v1}
}

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