Research Article

Analysis of Injury Severity of Drivers Involved Different Types of Two-Vehicle Crashes Using Random-Parameters Logit Models with Heterogeneity in Means and Variances

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of significant variables in the injury-severity model.

VariablesCar-carTruck-truckCar-truckCar-truck
CDTDCDTD
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSDMeanSD

Day of week (1 if weekdays, 0 otherwise)0.6870.4640.7970.4020.7170.4510.7170.451
Day of week (1 if weekends, 0 otherwise)0.3130.4640.2030.4020.2830.4510.2830.451
Road type (1 if roundabout, 0 otherwise)0.0330.1780.0150.1200.0310.1740.0310.174
Road type (1 if one-way street, 0 otherwise)0.0060.0770.0030.0540.0030.0580.0030.058
Road type (1 if dual carriageway, 0 otherwise)0.1730.3780.4100.4920.1910.3930.1910.393
Road type (1 if single carriageway, 0 otherwise)0.7770.4160.5550.4970.7620.4260.7620.426
Road type (1 if slip road, 0 otherwise)0.0100.1000.0150.1200.0100.0980.0100.098
Road type (1 if unknown, 0 otherwise)0.0010.0280.0030.0540.0030.0580.0030.058
Speed limit (1 if 20 mph, 0 otherwise)0.0270.1630.0210.1420.0130.1130.0130.113
Speed limit (1 if 30 mph, 0 otherwise)0.4730.4990.1880.3910.3400.4740.3400.474
Speed limit (1 if 40 mph, 0 otherwise)0.1370.3440.1170.3220.1410.3490.1410.349
Speed limit (1 if 50 mph, 0 otherwise)0.0690.2530.0590.2350.0890.2850.0890.285
Speed limit (1 if 60 mph, 0 otherwise)0.2320.4220.2890.4540.3050.4600.3050.460
Speed limit (1 if 70 mph, 0 otherwise)0.0630.2420.3260.4690.1120.3150.1120.315
Light conditions (1 if daylight, 0 otherwise)0.7030.4570.8030.3980.7720.4190.7720.419
Light conditions (1 if darkness-lights lit, 0 otherwise)0.2070.4050.0820.2750.1170.3220.1170.322
Light conditions (1 if darkness-lights unlit, 0 otherwise)0.0060.0750.0030.0540.0040.0610.0040.061
Light conditions (1 if darkness-no lighting, 0 otherwise)0.0740.2620.0970.2960.0910.2880.0910.288
Light conditions (1 if darkness-unknown, 0 otherwise)0.0110.1030.0150.1200.0160.1240.0160.124
Weather conditions (1 if fine, 0 otherwise)0.7970.4020.8380.3680.8280.3780.8280.378
Weather conditions (1 if raining, 0 otherwise)0.1740.3800.1380.3450.1380.3450.1380.345
Weather conditions (1 if snowing, 0 otherwise)0.0030.0570.0090.0940.0040.0670.0040.067
Weather conditions (1 if fog or mist, 0 otherwise)0.0050.0690.0120.1080.0090.0940.0090.094
Weather conditions (1 if other, 0 otherwise)0.0200.1400.0030.0540.0210.1440.0210.144
Road surface (1 if dry, 0 otherwise)0.6270.4840.6980.4600.6600.4740.6600.474
Road surface (1 if wet or damp, 0 otherwise)0.3530.4780.2850.4520.3190.4660.3190.466
Road surface (1 if snow, 0 otherwise)0.0020.0450.0060.0760.0030.0580.0030.058
Road surface (1 if frost or ice, 0 otherwise)0.0130.1140.0090.0940.0160.1270.0160.127
Road surface (1 if flood over 3 cm deep, 0 otherwise)0.0040.0650.0030.0540.0010.0380.0010.038
Urban area (1 if urban, 0 otherwise)0.5040.5000.2230.4170.3430.4750.3430.475
Rural area (1 if rural, 0 otherwise)0.4940.5000.7770.4170.6570.4750.6570.475
Vehicle maneuver (1 if reversing, 0 otherwise)0.0030.0570.0030.0540.0020.0430.0040.067
Vehicle maneuver (1 if parked, 0 otherwise)0.0070.0830.0400.1950.0110.1050.0240.153
Vehicle maneuver (1 if waiting to go, 0 otherwise)0.0220.1470.0470.2120.0270.1610.0290.169
Vehicle maneuver (1 if slowing or stopping, 0 otherwise)0.0390.1930.1030.3040.0490.2160.0480.214
Vehicle maneuver (1 if moving off, 0 otherwise)0.0380.1920.0230.1520.0410.1980.0260.158
Vehicle maneuver (1 if turning, 0 otherwise)0.1940.3950.0780.2680.1520.3590.1530.360
Vehicle maneuver (1 if changing lane, 0 otherwise)0.0130.1150.0190.1370.0150.1210.0120.110
Vehicle maneuver (1 if overtaking, 0 otherwise)0.0240.1540.0190.1370.0370.1900.0180.132
Vehicle maneuver (1 if going ahead other, 0 otherwise)0.6590.4740.6680.4710.6660.4720.6850.465
First point of impact (1 if did not impact, 0 otherwise)0.0100.1020.0150.1200.0130.1150.0070.081
First point of impact (1 if front, 0 otherwise)0.6510.4770.5800.4940.6250.4840.6390.481
First point of impact (1 if back, 0 otherwise)0.0960.2940.2360.4250.1310.3380.1280.334
First point of impact (1 if offside, 0 otherwise)0.1580.3650.1150.3190.1460.3530.1520.359
First point of impact (1 if nearside, 0 otherwise)0.0850.2780.0540.2270.0840.2770.0750.264
Age of vehicle (1 if data missing, 0 otherwise)0.0960.2940.1600.3670.0850.2790.1430.350
Age of vehicle (1 if below three years, 0 otherwise)0.1510.3590.2410.4280.1650.3710.2800.449
Age of vehicle (1 if 3–10 years, 0 otherwise)0.4510.4980.4650.4990.4270.4950.4100.492
Age of vehicle (1 if above ten years, 0 otherwise)0.3010.4590.1340.3410.3230.4680.1670.373
Sex of driver (1 if male, 0 otherwise)0.5750.4940.9750.1560.6010.4900.9310.253
Sex of driver (1 if female, 0 otherwise)0.4250.4940.0250.1560.3990.4900.0690.253
Age band of driver (1 if below 25 years, 0 otherwise)0.2040.4030.0840.2770.1870.3900.1110.314
Age band of driver (1 if 26–45 years, 0 otherwise)0.4030.4910.4610.4990.4120.4920.4850.500
Age band of driver (1 if 46–65 years, 0 otherwise)0.2710.4450.4110.4920.2730.4460.3630.481
Age band of driver (1 if above 65 years, 0 otherwise)0.1230.3280.0440.2050.1280.3340.0410.199
Driver home area type (1 if data missing, 0 otherwise)0.0790.2690.1320.3390.0890.2840.0970.297
Driver home area type (1 if urban area, 0 otherwise)0.6830.4650.6460.4790.6100.4880.6670.471
Driver home area type (1 if small town, 0 otherwise)0.1000.2990.1090.3110.1250.3310.1000.300
Driver home area type (1 if rural, 0 otherwise)0.1380.3450.1130.3170.1760.3810.1360.343
Month (1 if spring, 0 otherwise)0.2360.4250.2130.4100.2140.4100.2140.410
Month (1 if summer, 0 otherwise)0.2490.4330.2670.4430.2570.4370.2570.437
Month (1 if autumn, 0 otherwise)0.2700.4440.2790.4490.2690.4430.2690.443
Month (1 if winter, 0 otherwise)0.2450.4300.2410.4280.2610.4390.2610.439
Crash time (1 if off-peak time, 0 otherwise)0.6320.4820.6810.4660.6110.4880.6110.488
Crash time (1 if morning peak, 0 otherwise)0.1650.3710.2130.4100.2300.4210.2300.421
Crash time (1 if evening peak, 0 otherwise)0.2030.4020.1060.3080.1590.3660.1590.366