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.
| Variables | Description | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. |
| Response variables | No-injury | No-injury crash count per segment in 2014 | 3.60 | 2.98 | 0 | 20 | Injury | Injury crash count per segment in 2014 | 0.86 | 1.03 | 0 | 5 | Crash exposure variable | DVKT | Daily vehicle kilometers traveled (103 km⋅pcu) | 44.3 | 16.9 | 9.98 | 129 | Risk factors | | The percentages of vehicles of Category 1 | 38.3 | 0.70 | 37.6 | 40.3 | | The percentages of vehicles of Category 2 | 2.59 | 0.23 | 2.24 | 3.05 | | The percentages of vehicles of Category 3 | 21.8 | 0.31 | 21.0 | 22.4 | | The percentages of vehicles of Category 4 | 6.58 | 0.27 | 6.18 | 7.06 | | The percentages of vehicles of Category 5 | 30.7 | 0.87 | 28.9 | 31.6 | Curvature | Segment horizontal curvature (0.1 k) | 1.77 | 1.27 | 0 | 4.35 | Gradient | Segment vertical gradient (%) | 0.741 | 0.568 | 0 | 2.91 | Bridge | A part of a bridge: Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.500 | 0.502 | 0 | 1 | Ramp | Presence of ramps Yes = 1, No = 0 | 0.210 | 0.407 | 0 | 1 |
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