Research Article

The Effects of Traffic Composition on Freeway Crash Frequency by Injury Severity: A Bayesian Multivariate Spatial Modeling Approach

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of variables in the model.

VariablesDescriptionMeanSDMin.Max.

Response variables
No-injuryNo-injury crash count per segment in 20143.602.98020
InjuryInjury crash count per segment in 20140.861.0305
Crash exposure variable
DVKTDaily vehicle kilometers traveled (103 km⋅pcu)44.316.99.98129
Risk factors
The percentages of vehicles of Category 138.30.7037.640.3
The percentages of vehicles of Category 22.590.232.243.05
The percentages of vehicles of Category 321.80.3121.022.4
The percentages of vehicles of Category 46.580.276.187.06
The percentages of vehicles of Category 530.70.8728.931.6
CurvatureSegment horizontal curvature (0.1 k)1.771.2704.35
GradientSegment vertical gradient (%)0.7410.56802.91
BridgeA part of a bridge: Yes = 1, No = 00.5000.50201
RampPresence of ramps Yes = 1, No = 00.2100.40701

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