Identifying Influencing Factors of Road Accidents in Emerging Road Accident Blackspots

Table 5

Leading factors.

Characteristics	Factors	Frequency index	Average frequency index	Ranking
Traffic	V/C ratio	0.72	0.720	6
Road geometry	Lack of sight distance	0.75	0.750	3
	Uncontrolled intersection	0.89
	Bridge approach	0.53
	Lack of footpath	0.83
Road characteristics	Skid resistance	0.72	0.730	5
Human factors	Male drivers	0.72	0.861	1
	Drunk and driving	0.943
	Over speeding	0.92
Environmental factors	Night time	0.74	0.740	4
Vehicle factors	Passenger vehicle	0.82	0.820	2