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Meso-level hotspot identification for suburban arterials.

Xuesong Wang¹, Yingying Pei¹, Minming Yang²

¹The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering, Ministry of Education, China; School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China.

Accident; Analysis and Prevention

|April 27, 2021

Summary

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This study introduces a new meso-level approach for identifying roadway crash hotspots on suburban arterials, improving efficiency for safety improvements. The 150-unit configuration proved most effective for hotspot identification and distribution.

Keywords:

Bayesian conditional autoregressive model Hotspot identification Meso level Potential for safety improvement Suburban arterials

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Area of Science:

Transportation Engineering
Road Safety Analysis
Spatial Statistics

Background:

Micro-level hotspot identification is inefficient for practical roadway safety improvements.
Existing methods often focus on isolated road entities, not continuous segments.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and evaluate a novel meso-level approach for identifying crash hotspots on suburban arterials.
To enhance the efficiency and applicability of hotspot identification for field safety interventions.

Main Methods:

Developed meso-level analysis units (150, 100, 201 units) by combining intersections and segments.
Utilized Bayesian Poisson-lognormal conditional autoregressive (PLN-CAR) models with full Bayesian (FB) methods.
Calculated Potential for Safety Improvement (PSI) values and introduced Concentrated Degree of Hotspots (CDH) and Hotspot Identification Accuracy (HIA) metrics.

Main Results:

Arterials with more parallel roads exhibited lower crash risk.
The 150-unit meso-level configuration demonstrated superior performance in hotspot distribution and identification accuracy.
The proposed method offers adaptive capabilities for safety improvement practices.

Conclusions:

The meso-level approach provides a more practical and efficient method for identifying roadway crash hotspots compared to micro-level analysis.
The 150-unit configuration is recommended for suburban arterial safety analysis.
This approach better aligns with how traffic agencies implement safety improvements.