Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index

This study aims to develop a road safety index that combines selected road environmental characteristics in Malaysia. Firstly,14 indicators that generally portray the Malaysian road environments were selected. Then, the final list of specific indicators for each road network was developed. The indic...

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Main Authors:	Hussain, H., Mohd Razelan, Intan Suhana, Law, T. H., Ahmad Farhan, M. S.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2016
Subjects:	TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
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spelling	ump-177532017-11-22T02:25:06Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17753/ Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index Hussain, H. Mohd Razelan, Intan Suhana Law, T. H. Ahmad Farhan, M. S. TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements This study aims to develop a road safety index that combines selected road environmental characteristics in Malaysia. Firstly,14 indicators that generally portray the Malaysian road environments were selected. Then, the final list of specific indicators for each road network was developed. The indicators were derived based on the specific criteria such as the objectives, method of measurement, quality, and expected outcomes of the indicators that may improve the overall road safety of the Malaysian trunk roads. The Malaysian Federal Road 12 was selected as the study area to assess the applicability of the theory. By employing the principal component analysis, four components were obtained and from the statistical weightage of the indicator in each component, the composite indexes were calculated. The results showed that the sections with low number of reported crashes were not necessarily safe for road users. Instead, poor road environment conditions may be highly hazardous to road users. The presence of heavy vehicles and motorcycles was found to be the main risk factor of crash occurrences on this road. Overall, the crash data may be supplemented with another proactive method in order to get a broader picture of the poor road sections. Taylor & Francis 2016-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17753/1/fkasa-2016-intan-%20Development%20of%20Composite%20Road%20Environment%20Safety%20Index1.pdf Hussain, H. and Mohd Razelan, Intan Suhana and Law, T. H. and Ahmad Farhan, M. S. (2016) Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 8 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1943-9962 (Print) 1943-9970 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1080/19439962.2014.976692 DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2014.976692
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spellingShingle	TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements Hussain, H. Mohd Razelan, Intan Suhana Law, T. H. Ahmad Farhan, M. S. Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index
description	This study aims to develop a road safety index that combines selected road environmental characteristics in Malaysia. Firstly,14 indicators that generally portray the Malaysian road environments were selected. Then, the final list of specific indicators for each road network was developed. The indicators were derived based on the specific criteria such as the objectives, method of measurement, quality, and expected outcomes of the indicators that may improve the overall road safety of the Malaysian trunk roads. The Malaysian Federal Road 12 was selected as the study area to assess the applicability of the theory. By employing the principal component analysis, four components were obtained and from the statistical weightage of the indicator in each component, the composite indexes were calculated. The results showed that the sections with low number of reported crashes were not necessarily safe for road users. Instead, poor road environment conditions may be highly hazardous to road users. The presence of heavy vehicles and motorcycles was found to be the main risk factor of crash occurrences on this road. Overall, the crash data may be supplemented with another proactive method in order to get a broader picture of the poor road sections.
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author	Hussain, H. Mohd Razelan, Intan Suhana Law, T. H. Ahmad Farhan, M. S.
author_facet	Hussain, H. Mohd Razelan, Intan Suhana Law, T. H. Ahmad Farhan, M. S.
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title	Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index
title_short	Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index
title_full	Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index
title_fullStr	Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index
title_full_unstemmed	Development of Composite Road Environment Safety Index
title_sort	development of composite road environment safety index
publisher	Taylor & Francis
publishDate	2016
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