Assessing the Relative Crash Fault of Out-of-State Drivers in Vermont, USA

Harootunian, Kristine; Aultman-Hall, Lisa; Lee, Brian H. Y.

doi:10.1080/19439962.2013.856983

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“…Weather patterns were generally consistent between the two groups for two-vehicle crashes. Previous research on Vermont crashes involving out-of-state drivers has shown that summer months (i.e., June through August) are the most statistically different from the other months (7). There were also peaks in the summer for two-vehicle crashes, which were more apparent when drivers were farther from their home.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Table 1 shows the human and environmental variables assembled from the Vermont crash database for analysis. All variables shown are binary except for two continuous ones (age and distance) and were grouped by safe and unsafe driving conditions as shown in previous research (3,4,(7)(8)(9)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31). Table 1 also describes some simple distributions of each of the variables that were subsequently used in the statistical analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Since this group was not readily available outside of this data set, the drivers who were coded as not at fault in the two-vehicle crashes were used as the control for both the single-and two-vehicle crashes. Albeit with flaws, this method has been used by previous researchers, and it is currently the standard for analyzing crash data of this nature (7,8,(35)(36)(37)(38).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Prior research has shown that foreign drivers experience reduced safety (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) and recent studies suggest that out-of-state drivers display unsafe driving behavior (7,8). Most of the literature defines foreign drivers on the basis of political boundaries (i.e., country and state borders); this basis may be artificial in terms of driver familiarity and comfort in a particular environment.…”

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“…Most of the literature defines foreign drivers on the basis of political boundaries (i.e., country and state borders); this basis may be artificial in terms of driver familiarity and comfort in a particular environment. The current research builds on previous work (7,8) that showed that out-of-state drivers had higher odds of fault, especially in single-vehicle crashes, and considers the distance separating the drivers' home and crash locations to evaluate whether safety differences exist at the intrastate level. This research adds another level of understanding to what may be an understudied contributing factor for certain types of crashes.…”

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Fault Determination for Crashes in Vermont

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Aultman-Hall

2015

Transportation Research Record

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Previous research has shown that both foreign and out-of-state drivers are at a safety disadvantage when compared with local drivers. But what defines “local”? This paper examines the effect of distance from home with regard to fault in crashes. With the estimate of the distance between drivers’ homes and crash locations, the effect of increased distance from home on crash fault determination was tested with 5 years of data from the Vermont state crash database. A set of logistic regression models showed that greater distances from home increased the odds of fault for drivers, particularly in single-vehicle crashes. The odds increased further when distance interacted with variables such as road geometry, vehicle ownership, and poor road surface condition compared with distance that was held constant. Increased distance from home alleviated effects of certain factors that have been shown to be hazardous in previous research. Holding distance constant, being a non-owner, and driving on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, or during summer increased one's odds of fault; however, as distance increased, the effects of these conditions decreased odds of fault. This phenomenon, although present, was markedly less influential in two-vehicle crashes. Overall, drivers more than 50 mi from home were predicted to have increased odds of fault of about 50% to 200% compared with local drivers.

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confidence: 79%