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Title

INVESTIGATING THE RISK FACTORS AFFECTING THE OCCURRENCE, FREQUENCY, AND SEVERITY OF LARGE TRUCK ACCIDENTS IN AL-NAJAF GOVERNORATE, IRAQ.

Authors

Asad, Firas H.; Saeed, Maysoon Z.

Abstract

In spite of the established literature-based evidence regarding the consequences of large truck accidents, limited body of research has been done on the characteristics and risk factors of such road accidents in Iraqi cities and governorates. According to national statistics, there has been a steady increase in the number of trucks and truck-related crashes over the past ten years. This paper aims to investigate the characteristics and risk factors associated with accidents involving large trucks in Al-Najaf governorate. A sample of 400 truck drivers were randomly selected and interviewed to collect the needed accident data. Four generalized linear models have been built; ordinal regression model for total injuries, binary logistic model for fatal accident occurrence, multinomial logit model for accident frequency, and ordinal regression model for accident cost. The analysis results revealed several influential predictors including truck driver age, education level, type of collision, truck speed, truck type, and street lighting condition. The obtained findings should be enlightening and helpful for government organizations looking to promote safety measures for sustainable freight truck transport.

Subjects

NAJAF (Iraq); IRAQ; FREIGHT trucking; TRUCKS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; TRUCK drivers; CITIES & towns; FREIGHT & freightage

Publication

Kufa Journal of Engineering, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1, p30

ISSN

2071-5528

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.30572/2018/KJE/150103