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Title: A Safety Analysis of Spatial Phenomena about the Residences of Drivers Involved in Crashes

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This research was conducted to assist in transportation safety planning at both a macro (statewide) and micro (neighborhood) level of geography. Addressing safety issues at high crash incidence locations through crash countermeasures or better geometric design helps to make our roadways safer; however, the most influential and ever-present factor in most crashes, the human factor, is not directly addressed. Therefore, the primary goal of this research was to identify and analyze phenomena about the residences of drivers involved in crashes using spatial and statistical methods. These phenomena include socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of neighborhoods where these drivers live and the proximity of crashes to driver residences. Understanding the correlation between the densities of drivers involved in crashes and characteristics of neighborhoods where they live may help to optimize expenditure of scarce safety funds on safety programs that better target current and future high risk drivers. To add to this goal, a more focused probe into young driver behavior was done through an investigation into teen . . .

Url: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/1746

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Authors: Brown, Kweku

Institution: Clemson University

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Topics: Other, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography

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