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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Temporal Instability of Factors Affecting Injury Severity in Helmet-Wearing and Non-Helmet-Wearing Motorcycle Crashes: A Random Parameter Approach with Heterogeneity in Means and Variances.

Muhammad Ijaz, Lan Liu, Yahya Almarhabi, Arshad Jamal, Sheikh Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Zahid

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad IjazSchool of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China.
Lan LiuSchool of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China.
Yahya AlmarhabiCenter of Excellence in Trauma and Accidents, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Arshad JamalTransportation and Traffic Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7284-7348
Sheikh Muhammad UsmanDepartment of Civil Engineering, CECOS University of I.T. & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-1299-5159
Muhammad ZahidCollege of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9143-8328
Southwest Jiaotong University · CNBeijing University of Technology · CNCECOS University · PKImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Not wearing a helmet, not properly strapping the helmet on, or wearing a substandard helmet increases the risk of fatalities and injuries in motorcycle crashes. This research examines the differences in motorcycle crash injury severity considering crashes involving the compliance with and defiance of helmet use by motorcycle riders and highlights the temporal variation in their impact. Three-year (2017-2019) motorcycle crash data were collected from RESCUE 1122, a provincial emergency response service for Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The available crash data include crash-specific information, vehicle, driver, spatial and temporal characteristics, roadway features, and traffic volume, which influence the motorcyclist's injury severity. A random parameters logit model with heterogeneity in means and variances was evaluated to predict critical contributory factors in helmet-wearing and non-helmet-wearing motorcyclist crashes. Model estimates suggest significant variations in the impact of explanatory variables on motorcyclists' injury severity in the case of compliance with and defiance of helmet use. For helmet-wearing motorcyclists, key factors significantly associated with increasingly severe injury and fatal injuries include young riders (below 20 years of age), female pillion riders, collisions with another motorcycle, large trucks, passenger car, drivers aged 50 years and above, and drivers being distracted while driving. In contrast, for non-helmet-wearing motorcyclists, the significant factors responsible for severe injuries and fatalities were distracted driving, the collision of two motorcycles, crashes at U-turns, weekday crashes, and drivers above 50 years of age. The impact of parameters that predict motorcyclist injury severity was found to vary dramatically over time, exhibiting statistically significant temporal instability. The results of this study can serve as potential motorcycle safety guidelines for all relevant stakeholders to improve the state of motorcycle safety in the country.

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Automobile DrivingMotorcyclesAccidents, TrafficAdultFemaleHead Protective DevicesHumansLogistic ModelsMiddle AgedYoung Adulthelmet-wearingmotorcyclistsnon-helmet-wearingrandom parameters logit modelRawalpinditemporal instability

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PMID36078241
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