Influencing factors on severity of motorcycle rear end collisions in Thailand | |
| Author | Welagedara, Lahiru Maduranga |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.TE-17-14 |
| Subject(s) | Motorcycling accidents--Thailand Rear-end collisions--Thailand Traffic accidents--Thailand |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The motorcycles are involved in most number of crashes in Thailand. Those crashes caused injuries or fatalities to the riders and passengers. Among those crashes, rear end crashes can be identified as one of the most common crash pattern that have higher severity. So it is necessary to find out the factors contribute to occur motorcycle rear end collisions. The factors affecting for the severity of crashes are also required to discover in order to take safety actions for the riders and passengers. In this study, descriptive statistical analysis was carried out to find out contributing factors of rear end crashes while ordered logistic regression model was used to obtain the factors affecting for the severity level of the crashes. The data used for this study was taken from Thailand Accident Research Center (TARC) which covers Central, North, South and Northeast regions of Thailand from August 2016 to August 2017. The main data set were divided into two scenarios before analyzing it using ordered logistic regression model. The first data set was consisted from the crashes that were caused due to MC hit rear end of OV and OV hit rear end of MC while second data set only include crashes that were caused due to MC hit rear end of OV. The relationships between characteristics and rear-end MC crashes were graphically represented in results. Moreover, from the ordered logistic regression model, it is found that impact speed, time of crash, gender, type of other vehicle, pre-crash motion of OV and travelled lane are most affected factors for the severity level of motorcycle rear-end crashes in Thailand. |
| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Transportation Engineering (TE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kunnawee Kanitpong |
| Examination Committee(s) | Surachet Pravinvongvuth;Piyapong Jiwattanakulpaisarn |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 |