International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
Identifying Teen-Related Crash Hotspots and Outliers Using ArcGIS
Publication: International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
ABSTRACT
In the U.S., the risk of vehicle crashes is higher among teens than among any other age group. Most previous studies investigated the effects of demographic differences and nonspatial factors associated with crashes such as gender, age, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the presence of passengers, and distractions. This research was conducted to develop a methodology to identify statistically significant spatial patterns for crashes involving teen drivers aged 15–19 using seven years (2010–2016) of crash data, which included 286 fatal crashes and 72,370 non-fatal crashes using ArcGIS. The results showed that all teen-related crashes were clustered and autocorrelated and high values of crashes were also clustered. Most of the statistically significant hotspots and outliers for crashes were centered in the most populated counties. The results provide a useful indicator for related parties to identify where they can target their resources in order to improve teen driver safety.
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International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
Pages: 338 - 352
Editor: Guohui Zhang, Ph.D., University of Hawaii
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8314-5
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Published online: Aug 31, 2020
Published in print: Aug 31, 2020
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