通过整合通用倾向得分方法和仪表变量模型来解决危险行为和摩托车手受伤严重程度之间的内在性问题
Qiong Yu1, Yue Zhou2, Eskindir Ayele Atumo3
1School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.
Accident; analysis and prevention
|September 13, 2023
概括
摩托车手的危险行为,如超速行驶和未能停下来,显著增加了受伤的严重程度. 这项研究使用混合方法来解决来自未观察到因素的偏差,为撞车风险提供更准确的见解.
科学领域:
- 交通安全研究 交通安全研究
- 事故分析 事故分析
- 摩托车安全 摩托车安全
背景情况:
- 摩托车手的危险行为,如过快的速度和未能保持安全的后续距离 (保证的清晰距离 - ACD),被认为是造成伤害严重性的主要原因.
- 之前的研究往往忽略了危险行为带来的内源性影响,这可能导致对摩托车手受伤严重程度的影响有偏见的估计.
- 内源性来自观察到的和未观察到的混因素,使危险行为和伤害结果之间的关系的准确评估变得复杂.
研究的目的:
- 评估特定危险行为的影响,即速度过快和未能在ACD中停下来,对摩托车手受伤的严重程度.
- 在分析危险行为和伤害严重程度时,制定一个可靠的方法,考虑观察到的和未观察到的内源性来源.
- 使用混合建模方法,提供更可靠的危险行为和摩托车手伤害严重程度之间的关系估计.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种混合方法,将通用倾向得分 (GPS) 方法与仪表变量 (IV) 模型相结合.
- 使用GPS匹配来减轻因观察到的混杂因素而产生的内源性偏差.
- 为了解决未观察到的混因素和异质性,开发了一种具有随机参数的IV模型,包括危险行为的第一阶段随机参数逻辑模型和伤害严重程度的第二阶段随机参数逻辑模型.
主要成果:
- 酒精消费被确定为导致速度过快的行为和参与ACD中未能停止的重要因素.
- 显著增加摩托车驾驶员伤害严重性的因素包括中年和老年骑手,酒精使用,过速,高速限速 (≥50英里/小时),湿路面和正面/角度碰撞.
- 在ACD中未能停止展示了随机参数与介质异质性,交叉点的存在放大了其对轻微伤害的影响.
结论:
- 该研究成功实施了混合GPS-IV方法,以提供关于危险行动对摩托车手伤害严重程度的影响的可靠估计,并考虑了复杂的内源性.
- 研究结果强调了酒精,速度和碰撞配置在确定伤害严重程度方面的关键作用,为有针对性的安全干预提供了宝贵的见解.
- 细微的了解如何在ACD中未能停止,特别是在十字路口,会影响伤害严重程度,强调需要具体的预防策略.
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