Transferability of Community-Based Macrolevel Collision Prediction ModelsBetween Different Time-Space Regions for Road Safety Planning Applications.

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Khondakar, B. Sayed, T. & Lovegrove, G.R.
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Abstract

This paper describes the use of several recently developed community-based, macro-level collision prediction models (CPMs) and model-use guidelinesin a CPM transferability case study between spatial-temporal regions. The objective was to test the model-use guidelines in an application that involved transferring CPMs developed using 1996 data for the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), for use in the Central Okanagan Regional District (CORD) using 2003 data. The GVRD and CORD are regions located 400 kilometers apart in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The case study was carried out in two parts. First, CPMs were developed ?from scratch?using 2003 data for the City of Kelowna following recommended community-based, macro-level collision prediction model development guidelines. Second, existing CPMs were transferred from the GVRD to the CORD, using the recommended transferability guidelines. An analysis of the results revealed that macro-level CPM transferability was possible and no more complicated than micro-level CPM transferability. To facilitate the development of reliable community-based, macro-level collision prediction models, it is recommended that CPMs be transferred rather than developed from scratch whenever and wherever communities lack sufficient data of adequate quality.

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C 45091 (In: C 45019 DVD)
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In: Compendium of papers DVD 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board TRB, Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 2009, 21 p.

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