Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan
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...
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| author | Taleb M. Al-Rousan Abdullahi A. Umar Aslam A. Al-Omari |
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| description | 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’ <i>t</i>-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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| spelling | doaj.art-51e7f38dad724b1bbb86fe349bc85aed2023-11-22T08:06:23ZengMDPI AGInfrastructures2412-38112021-07-016810710.3390/infrastructures6080107Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in JordanTaleb M. Al-Rousan0Abdullahi A. Umar1Aslam A. Al-Omari2Department of Civil Engineering, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, JordanDepartment of Civil Engineering and Quantity Surveying, Military Technological College, Al Matart Street, Muscat 111, OmanCivil Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, JordanThe 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’ <i>t</i>-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.https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/6/8/107attentioncrashesdistractiondrivers’ faulttraffic safety |
| spellingShingle | Taleb M. Al-Rousan Abdullahi A. Umar Aslam A. Al-Omari Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan Infrastructures attention crashes distraction drivers’ fault traffic safety |
| title | Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan |
| title_full | Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan |
| title_short | Characteristics of Crashes Caused by Distracted Driving on Rural and Suburban Roadways in Jordan |
| title_sort | characteristics of crashes caused by distracted driving on rural and suburban roadways in jordan |
| topic | attention crashes distraction drivers’ fault traffic safety |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/6/8/107 |
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