Research Article

An Assessment of the Safety Effects of Roadside Barriers on Reducing Mountainous Crash Injury Severity

Table 8

Model results for roadside trees barriers crashes in 2018-2019.

VariablesCoefficientt-statPseudoelasticities (%)
Severe injury (SI)Minor injury (MI)No injury (NI)

Constant (SI)−2.895−9.51
Constant (MI)−1.454−9.56
Random parameter (normally distributed)
Winter indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)1.3562.89−0.03−0.030.39
Standard deviation of the parameter density function1.7371.85
Heterogeneity in the mean of random parameter
Winter indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI): rainy/snowy/foggy indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0)−1.246−2.48
Winter indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI): head-on collision indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0)−1.396−2.41
Driver characteristics
Female indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.750−2.91−19.580.490.40
Young driver indicator (1 if below 25-years-old; otherwise, 0) (SI)−0.952−2.27−11.630.740.61
Rookie driving experience indicator (1 if below 3 years; otherwise, 0) (NI)0.5802.44−4.18−4.181.84
Intermediate driving experience indicator (1 if 10–15 years; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.460−3.71−20.691.140.95
Intermediate driving experience indicator (1 if 10–15 years; otherwise, 0) (MI)−0.351−1.681.63−3.621.32
Expert driving experience indicator (1 if above 15 years; otherwise, 0) (SI)−0.973−3.09−15.591.351.11
Driver under alcohol influence indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)1.5428.84−17.3914.05−14.96
No seatbelt use indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)1.0403.511.00−4.790.81
Vehicle characteristics
Truck indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)2.0145.6619.51−5.82−5.00
Truck indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)−2.332−4.86−8.44−8.444.03
Roadway characteristics
Road without isolation indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)0.7684.19−10.67−10.674.38
Large uphill grade indicator (1 if 2% or greater vertical grade; otherwise, 0) (NI)1.1441.98−1.80−1.800.39
Crash characteristics
Head-on collision indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.452−4.11−26.631.751.28
Head-on collision indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)−0.618−2.994.00−8.073.18
Summer indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (SI)−0.728−2.71−16.951.241.24
Autumn indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (MI)−0.304−1.822.01−4.882.01
Rainy/snowy/foggy indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)1.0204.28−10.40−10.404.77
Low visibility indicator (1 if below 50 meters; otherwise, 0) (MI)1.7643.59−2.121.93−1.95
Medium visibility indicator (1 if 100–200 meters; otherwise, 0) (MI)−0.348−2.544.13−9.573.27
Dark-no light indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)1.3143.46−4.31−4.311.32
Temporal characteristics
Nighttime off-peak indicator (1 if time 19:30–23:59; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.691−3.91−17.281.400.96
Nighttime off-peak indicator (1 if time 19:30–23:59; otherwise, 0) (MI)−0.713−2.631.70−6.181.24
Early morning indicator (1 if time 00:00–7:00; otherwise, 0) (SI)−1.768−3.31−17.460.720.60
Daytime off-peak indicator (1 if time 9:00–16:59; otherwise, 0) (SI)−0.581−2.34−11.981.391.19

Number of observations above and below zero generated from the random parameterAbove zeroBelow zero

Winter indicator (1 if yes; otherwise, 0) (NI)78.08%21.92%
Goodness-of-fit measures
McFadden R-squared0.307

, , ==> significance at 0.99, 0.95, and 0.90 level of confidence, respectively.