Research Article

An Assessment of the Safety Effects of Roadside Barriers on Reducing Mountainous Crash Injury Severity

Table 7

Model results for roadside trees barriers crashes in 2016-2017.

VariablesCoefficientt-statPseudoelasticities (%)
Severe injury (SI)Minor injury (MI)No injury (NI)

Constant (SI)−2.238−6.76
Constant (MI)−1.303−2.79
Random parameter (normally distributed)
Road without isolation indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)5.9741.783.843.84−0.73
Standard deviation of the parameter density function5.4941.97
Heterogeneity in the mean of random parameter
Road without isolation indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI): wet surface indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0)−2.913−1.70
Road without isolation indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI): dark-lighted indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0)−5.237−1.79
Driver characteristics
Expert driving experience indicator (1 if above 15 years; otherwise, 0) (SI)−0.718−2.09−11.721.370.70
Driver under alcohol influence indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)2.0579.10−19.6916.88−14.37
Vehicle characteristics
Truck indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)1.1194.0912.35−4.98−3.03
Truck indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)−2.335−4.861.73−34.451.01
Improper braking and steering indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.722−6.83−65.717.123.34
Improper lane changing indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.468−3.75−17.211.931.10
Roadway characteristics
Wet surface indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−0.709−2.23−13.711.600.89
Intersection indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)−0.622−2.092.00−8.881.11
Small downhill grade indicator (1 if −2–0% vertical grade; otherwise, 0) (SI)−2.548−2.20−15.690.570.16
Small uphill grade indicator (1 if 0–2% vertical grade; otherwise, 0) (MI)−1.424−8.4926.80−100.6318.01
Crash characteristics
Head-on collision indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)1.1361.88−2.42−2.420.54
Autumn indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−0.501−1.81−11.561.630.92
Winter indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)0.7662.92−3.486.22−2.83
Summer indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)0.4352.22−10.69−10.692.40
Sunny indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)−0.891−2.201.75−20.910.85
Sunny indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)0.4441.69−8.46−8.461.47
Dark lighted indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.282−4.71−57.565.203.32
Temporal characteristics
Nighttime off-peak indicator (1 if time 19:30–23:59; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.285−3.07−14.252.030.87
Nighttime off-peak indicator (1 if time 19:30–23:59; otherwise, 0) (MI)−1.522−2.811.60−17.690.54
Early morning indicator (1 if time 00:00–7:00; otherwise, 0) (MI)−1.759−2.871.04−19.640.48

Number of observations above and below zero generated from the random parameterAbove zeroBelow zero

Road without isolation indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)82.59%17.41%
Goodness-of-fit measures
McFadden R-squared0.478

, , ==> significance at 0.99, 0.95, and 0.90 level of confidence, respectively.