Research Article

Discovering Insightful Rules among Truck Crash Characteristics using Apriori Algorithm

Table 9

Association rules by vehicle weight.

LHSRHSItemsetαβLift

{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Horizontal alignment: straight, Level: D, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: ramp, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Vertical alignment: no slope}{Vehicle weight: <3.5 t}8-itemset0.02010.71142.2851
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Level: D, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: ramp, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Vertical alignment: no slope}7-itemset0.02650.68522.2011
{Number of vehicles: single, Segment: ramp, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Weather: rainy}5-itemset0.02280.68452.1989
{Cause: over-speeding, Level: D, Number of vehicles: single, Segment: ramp, Vehicle type: cargo truck}6-itemset0.02690.67022.1527
{Driver age: 60s, Horizontal alignment: straight, Level: D, Vehicle type: cargo truck}5-itemset0.02110.64422.0694

{Horizontal alignment: straight, Shoulder: guardrail, Vehicle type: cargo truck}{Vehicle weight: >3.5 t and <8.5 t}4-itemset0.02880.96492.4331
{Horizontal alignment: straight, Level: D, Segment: mainline, Shoulder: guardrail, Vehicle type: cargo truck}6-itemset0.02130.96212.4261
{Crash type: vehicle-facility, Horizontal alignment: straight, Number of vehicles: single, Vehicle type: cargo truck}5-itemset0.02260.85152.1472
{Cause: negligence, Level: D, Median: no median, Segment: TG, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Vertical alignment: no slope}7-itemset0.02000.71751.8094
{Level: D, Median: no median, Segment: TG, Vehicle type: cargo truck, Vertical alignment: no slope, Weather: fine}7-itemset0.02020.69121.7430

{Vehicle type: logging truck, Weather: Cloudy}{Vehicle weight: >8.5 t}3-itemset0.02141.00003.9199
{Vehicle type: logging truck, Week of day: Thursday}3-itemset0.02481.00003.9199
{Route: Gyeongbu-line, Vehicle type: logging truck}3-itemset0.02441.00003.9199
{Segment: TG, Vehicle type: logging truck}3-itemset0.03081.00003.9199
{Route: Gyeongbu-line, Vehicle type: logging truck}3-itemset0.02441.00003.9199