Research Article

Study on Evaluation Models of Highway Safety Based on Catastrophe Theory

Table 4

Classification and description of mesolevel safety levels of first-class highways.

LevelValueQualitative description

Excellent(0.981, 1)A highway section with excellent safety performance which does not require safety improvement.
Good(0.938, 0.981)A highway section with good safety performance which has some safety issues that need to be examined and improved.
Fair(0.884, 0.938)A highway section with fair safety performance which has a considerable number of safety issues that need to be carefully examined.
Poor(0, 0.884)A highway section with poor safety performance that needs to be thoroughly examined.