Research Article

The Impact of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Driver-Injury Severity at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Accidents

Table 2

Mixed Logit Model Estimation Results for Drivers with Aggressive Driving behavior.

Variables DescriptionCoefficientStandard Errort-StatisticElasticity
FatalityInjuryPDO

Defined for Fatality
 Constant5.525(1.632)0.682(0.371)13.16(3.56)
Vehicle & Train Characteristics
 Vehicle Speed>50mph7.875(0.198)0.092(0.127)7.51(2.74)14.8%13.2%-2.8%
 Train Speed>50mph4.383(0.231)0.127(0.235)5.63(1.59)7.8%4.8%-5.5%
 SUV2.351(0.052)0.096(0.192)5.23(1.86)8.9%-4.5%3.8%
 Pick-up1.529(0.053)0.321(0.429)3.15(1.96)8.1%-25.2%2.5%
Driver’s Characteristics
 Age lees than 252.351(1.321)0.563(0.375)7.51(2.54)15.2%17.3%-3.2%
 Male, fixed parameter1.1275.234.4%5.8%-2.9%
Environmental/ situational factors
 Peak-hour, fixed parameter2.6410.2575.2115.1%16.2%-5.5%
 Weather fog1.235(0.276)0.087(0.382)-3.81(3.91)5.5%-4.3%1.8%
 Weather Snow1.682(0.357)0.537(0.291)-5.52(1.69)2.5%-1.8%2.3%
Highway-rail Grade Crossing Attributes
 Passive control, fixed parameter2.8370.8926.837.9%5.9%-4.3%
 Open space area2.582(0.179)0.097(0.476)4.35(3.94)12.3%7.6%-8.3%
Defined for Injury
Vehicle & Train Characteristics
 Vehicle Speed>50mph5.252(0.232)0.137(0.215)4.96(2.58)13.7%11.9%-3.7%
 Train Speed>50mph4.327(0.384)0.261(0.198)5.25(2.63)6.9%5.3%-6.2%
 Pick-up1.286(0.097)0.375(0.413)4.86(4.05)7.2%-13.2%3.8%
Driver’s Characteristics
 Age lees than 251.232(1.273)0.678(0.421)6.51(1.24)13.3%12.7%-4.2%
Environmental/ situational factors
 Peak-hour, fixed parameter2.3214.527.5%5.3%-8.2%
Highway-rail Grade Crossing Attributes
 Passive control, fixed parameter2.2575.573.5%4.2%-2.5%
Defined for PDO
Vehicle & Train Characteristics
 Train Speed>50mph4.751(0.563)0.317(0.385)6.69(2.31)7.8%4.1%-5.3%
 SUV2.751(0.127)0.291(0.202)4.96(3.53)5.3%2.7%-3.6%
Driver’s Characteristics
 Age lees than 251.263(2.081)0.893(0.563)4.59(5.87)10.5%9.8%-8.5%
 Male, fixed parameter0.7616.173.9%5.2%-1.9%
Environmental/ situational factors
 Weather fog1.382(0.344)0.256(0.567)-5.92(5.76)4.8%3.9%-7.1%
 Weather Snow1.392(0.467)0.763(0.361)-4.93(4.51)3.6%-1.7%3.2%
Highway-rail Grade Crossing Attributes
 Passive control, fixed parameter2.0275.182.9%3.1%-5.1%
 Open space area1.121(0.532)0.345(1.321)7.53(4.53)10.5%6.5%-7.8%
Model Statistics
Number of Observations14464
Log-likelihood at constants-1586.17
Log-likelihood at convergence-863.25

Notes: Parentheses indicate standard errors of random parameter estimates.