Analysis of the impacts of risk factors on teenage and older driver injury severity using random-parameter ordered probit

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Abstract

The study analyzed injury severity of teenage and older drivers using 2015–2016 crash data from New Mexico. The fitness of the random-parameter ordered probit models developed for each age group was tested using likelihood ratio, comparing them to a unified model that combines both age groups, as well as comparing the random-parameter to fixed-parameter ordered probit for each age group. In both cases separate random-parameter ordered probit provided better results. It was found that vehicle type and age, lighting condition, alcohol or drug use, speeding, and seatbelt use were significant both for the teenage and older driver injury severity. The weather condition and gender were significant only in the teenage driver model, while driver inattention was significant for older drivers. The impacts of crash factors on injury severity was analyzed using marginal effects. The results indicate notable differences in the effects of contributing factors on driver injury severity between teenage and older drivers, including the sensitivity to changes in the mutual predictor parameter values.

Identifier

85081655461 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2019-0394

e-ISSN

12086029

ISSN

03151468

First Page

1249

Last Page

1257

Issue

11

Volume

47

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