Research Article

An Investigation of the Safety Performance of Roundabouts in Korea Based on a Random Parameters Count Model

Table 4

Descriptive statistics of the variables.

Variable DescriptionMeanStandard DeviationMin.Max

Region (urban: 1; rural: 0)0.6830.46601

3-legged roundabout0.3570.48001

4-legged roundabout0.5130.50101

5-legged roundabout0.1310.33801

Average radius of the entry lane (m)20.87212.1215.598.75

Lane number of the entry/exit lane1.1700.39513.2

Average lane width of the entry lane (m)4.3191.022310.9

Average lane width of the exit lane (m)4.5561.068210.1

Pedestrian crosswalk (yes: 1; otherwise: 0)0.7690.42301

Distance between the stop line and pedestrian crosswalk9.266.62021

Central island (yes: 1; otherwise: 0)0.9500.21901

Vertical grade (yes: 1; otherwise: 0)0.4120.49301

Exclusive right turn lane (yes: 1; otherwise: 0)0.2310.42301

Number of accidents per year2.5534.384037

Logarithm of AADT9.1238.8524.6010.54

Diameter of the roundabout (m)31.1488.335980

Diameter of the central island (m)17.3806.150340

Number of circulatory lanes in the roundabout1.1160.33613

Width of the circulatory lanes in roundabouts (m)5.1510.5643.87