Research Article

Discovering Insightful Rules among Truck Crash Characteristics using Apriori Algorithm

Table 8

Association rules by driver’s faults.

LHSRHSItemsetαβLift

{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Horizontal alignment: straight, Median: no median, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: TG, Vehicle weight: >3.5 t and<8.5 t, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Vertical alignment: no slope}{Cause: negligence}9-itemset0.02050.73772.4556
{Level: D, Median: no median, Segment: TG, Vehicle weight: >3.5 t and<8.5 t, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Vertical alignment: no slope}7-itemset0.02000.72572.4155
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Driver age: 20s, Horizontal alignment: straight, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: TG, Vertical alignment: no slope}7-itemset0.02010.72542.4144
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Driver age: 20s, Horizontal alignment: straight, Segment: TG, Vertical alignment: no slope}6-itemset0.02050.71962.3950
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Horizontal alignment: straight, Level: D, Segment: TG, Time: t12–17, Vertical alignment: no slope}7-itemset0.02560.70012.3304

{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: ramp, Vehicle weight: <3.5 t, Weather: rainy}{Cause: over-speeding}6-itemset0.02020.83844.4023
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Level: D, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: ramp, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Weather: rainy}7-itemset0.02270.82324.3223
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: ramp, Vertical alignment: no slope, Weather: rainy}5-itemset0.02150.81314.2694
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Level: D, Time: t6–11, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Weather: rainy}6-itemset0.02020.72373.7998
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: mainline, Shoulder: guardrail, Weather: rainy}6-itemset0.02830.72313.7969