Research Article

Evaluating Effect of Operating Speed on Crashes of Rural Two-Lane Highways

Table 4

Comparison of models for medium-speed roads.

Traditional modelSpeed-based model
CoefficientStd. error95% CICoefficientStd. error95% CI

Intercept ()−4.580.057(−4.69, −4.47)−4.320.067(−4.46, −4.19)
Ln (AADT)0.880.008(0.87, 0.90)0.910.009(0.89, 0.92)
Ln (L)1.060.013(1.03, 1.08)1.070.013(1.05, 1.09)
Average speed_−0.010.001(−0.01, −0.007)
Model form
MAPE61.04%60.89%
RMSE2.852.84
MAD1.521.52

Note: value <0.0001 for all the variables.