Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan

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作者
Al-Rousan, Taleb M. [1 ]
Umar, Abdullahi A. [2 ]
Al-Omari, Aslam A. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Hashemite Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Zarqa 13133, Jordan
[2] Mil Technol Coll, Dept Civil Engn & Quant Surveying, Al Matart St, Muscat 111, Oman
[3] Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Civil Engn Dept, Irbid 22110, Jordan
[4] Appl Sci Private Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Amman 11931, Jordan
关键词
attention; crashes; distraction; drivers' fault; traffic safety; DRIVER DISTRACTION; PERFORMANCE; VEHICLE;
D O I
10.3390/infrastructures6080107
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
The objective of this study was to identify the most salient driver faults that cause crashes on some Jordanian rural and suburban roadway segments, to examine crashes with distracted driving as the driver's fault, and to investigate the differences between crashes caused by distracted driving. Data for more than 10,200 crashes on nine roadway segments (five rural and four suburban) were accessed from the relevant government agency, but only n = 2472 were used for analysis after controlling for crashes specified as being caused by drivers' distracted driving. IBM SPSS version 22 was used to perform descriptive analysis and independent samples' t-tests. The results revealed that distracted driving was the second most common driver fault to cause crashes and the second main cause of fatalities and injuries on both rural and suburban roadways. Distracted driving on rural highways appears to be more fatal, whereas it caused more crashes with severe injuries on suburban roads. The variables at junction, road grade, number of lanes, weather condition, crash type, and number of vehicles involved were found to be statistically significant but with a small effect size. The following categories showed high percentages of distracted driving crashes on rural and suburban roadways: males, drivers 25-39 years old, non-holidays, weekdays, tangent sections, two-way divided roads, not at junction, level roads, two-lane roads, clear weather, dry surface, daylight, and automobile vehicles showed high percentages of distracted driving crashes on rural and suburban roadways. Differences between crashes on rural and suburban roadways caused by distracted driving were found to be small.
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