Research Article

Evaluation of the Rain Effects on Gap Acceptance Behavior at Roundabouts by a Logit Model

Table 5

Data summary and variable descriptive statistics.

CategoryNormalRainyTotal

# of data1,6817402,421
Gap (sec)Mean5.125.255.16
S.D2.812.972.86
Acceptance (%)1,135 (67.5%)429 (58.0%)1,564 (64.6%)
Reject (%)546 (32.5%)311 (42.0%)857 (35.4%)
Waiting Time (sec)Mean4.066.734.88
S.D5.598.996.92
Follow-up time (sec)Mean17.3015.7816.83
S.D18.6215.9017.84
# vehicles observed on EntranceMean265.1323.5282.9
S.D84.50102.0594.13
Passenger Car (%)1,498 (89.1%)678 (91.6%)2,176 (89.9%)
Heavy Vehicle (%)183 (10.9%)62 (8.4%)245 (10.1%)
# vehicles observed on CirculationMean374.5502.6413.6
S.D143.01152.45157.41
Passenger Car (%)1,466 (87.2%)670 (90.5%)2,136 (88.2%)
Heavy Vehicle (%)215 (12.8%)70 (9.5%)285 (11.8%)
Weather (%)1,681 (69.4 %)740 (30.6%)-