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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-16-036    Date:  April 2016
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-16-036
Date: April 2016

 

Safety Evaluation of Continuous Green T Intersections

APPENDIX A. MATCHED DATA MODELS

GENETIC MATCHING

Total Crashes  
Negative binomial regression   Number of obs = 297
Dispersion = mean   Wald chi2 (19) = 287.53
Log pseudolikelihood = -717.62695   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

TOT | Coef. Robust
Std. Err.
z P > |z| [95% Conf. Interval]

Treated | -.0425862 .1101659 -0.39 0.699 -.2585075 .1733351
LNAADTMaj | .4923199 .1459936 3.37 0.001 .2061778 .7784621
LNAADTMin | .2154684 .0385375 5.59 0.000 .1399363 .2910006
Florida | -.6362596 .162479 -3.92 0.000 -.9547125 -.3178067
ThruLane5Up | -1.065885 .212755 -5.01 0.000 -1.482878 -.6488932
IntShoulder | -.2946033 .1243796 -2.37 0.018 -.5383828 -.0508239
ThruShoulder | -.5656151 .4716386 -1.20 0.230 -1.49001 .3587795
Thru5UpShlder | 1.115338 .5175464 2.16 0.031 .1009653 2.12971
FRTH_LEG | -.2411121 .1375897 -1.75 0.080 -.510783 .0285588
|  
INT_SPEED |  
25  | .2900747 .354013 0.82 0.413 -.4037781 .9839275
30  | .4594779 .326298 1.41 0.159 -.1800544 1.09901
35  | .4942091 .3434051 1.44 0.150 -.1788526 1.167271
40  | .3111814 .3817203 0.82 0.415 -.4369766 1.059339
45  | .6799561 .3540597 1.92 0.055 -.0139882 1.3739
55  | .4608651 .3985745 1.16 0.248 -.3203266 1.242057
|  
THRU_SPEED |  
40  | -.1062967 .3269923 -0.33 0.745 -.7471898 .5345964
45  | .2109157 .2818383 0.75 0.454 -.3414772 .7633087
50  | -.6465204 .3619147 -1.79 0.074 -1.35586 .0628194
55  | .3262764 .3029884 1.08 0.282 -.26757 .9201229
 
_cons | -4.541765 1.447841 -3.14 0.002 -7.379481 -1.704048

/lnalpha | -1.429498 .1727079   -1.767999 -1.090997

alpha | .239429 .0413513   .1706741 .3358815

 

Fatal and Injury Crashes  
Negative binomial regression   Number of obs = 297
Dispersion = mean   Wald chi2 (19) = 56.78
Log pseudolikelihood = -491.09991   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

TOT | Coef. Robust
Std. Err.
z P > |z| [95% Conf. Interval]

Treated | -.1669481 .1334598 -1.25 0.211 -.4285246 .0946283
LNAADTMaj | .3027534 .1719295 1.76 0.078 -.0342222 .6397291
LNAADTMin | .1910633 .0442966 4.31 0.000 .1042436 .277883
Florida | -.3316629 .1961931 -1.69 0.091 -.7161943 .0528685
ThruLane5Up | -.5849208 .2753746 -2.12 0.034 -1.124645 -.0451965
IntShoulder | -.232926 .1670391 -1.39 0.163 -.5603168 .0944647
ThruShoulder | -.7050994 .5639856 -1.25 0.211 -1.810491 .400292
Thru5UpShlder | .9365371 .6267288 1.49 0.135 -.2918288 2.164903
FRTH_LEG | -.2530672 .1826752 -1.39 0.166 -.6111041 .1049696
|  
INT_SPEED |  
25  | .1490696 .3936889 0.38 0.705 -.6225465 .9206857
30  | .4573904 .3566774 1.28 0.200 -.2416845 1.156465
35  | .2598806 .3846343 0.68 0.499 -.4939888 1.01375
40  | .195327 .4051539 0.48 0.630 -.5987601 .9894141
45  | .3861851 .3871922 1.00 0.319 -.3726977 1.145068
55  | .3522804 .4505391 0.78 0.434 -.53076 1.235321
|  
THRU_SPEED |  
40  | .047759 .3633107 0.13 0.895 -.664317 .759835
45  | .1691577 .3103545 0.55 0.586 -.439126 .7774414
50  | -.2235057 .4191268 -0.53 0.594 -1.044979 .5979676
55  | .3347177 .3418134 0.98 0.327 -.3352244 1.00466
 
_cons | -3.635727 1.696434 -2.14 0.032 -6.960676 -.3107779

/lnalpha | -2.569357 .5916134   -3.728898 -1.409816

alpha | .0765848 .0453086   .0240193 .2441883

 

Target Crashes  
Negative binomial regression   Number of obs = 297
Dispersion = mean   Wald chi2 (19) = 324.75
Log pseudolikelihood = -599.30626   Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

TOT | Coef. Robust
Std. Err.
z P > |z| [95% Conf. Interval]

Treated | -.0835338 .1294228 -0.65 0.519 -.3371979 .1701303
LNAADTMaj | .562835 .1689981 3.33 0.001 .2316047 .8940652
LNAADTMin | .2251839 .0441408 5.10 0.000 .1386696 .3116982
Florida | -1.173519 .2142147 -5.48 0.000 -1.593372 -.7536656
ThruLane5Up | -1.448441 .3416042 -4.24 0.000 -2.117973 -.7789092
IntShoulder | -.5076138 .1700634 -2.98 0.003 -.840932 -.1742957
ThruShoulder | -1.920895 .7262517 -2.64 0.008 -3.344322 -.4974676
Thru5UpShlder | 2.536511 .7922779 3.20 0.001 .9836746 4.089347
FRTH_LEG | -.273681 .1758453 -1.56 0.120 -.6183315 .0709695
|  
INT_SPEED |  
25  | .256837 .5060215 0.51 0.612 -.734947 1.248621
30  | .6727153 .4797619 1.40 0.161 -.2676008 1.613031
35  | .6383726 .5020733 1.27 0.204 -.3456729 1.622418
40  | .1977973 .5548589 0.36 0.721 -.8897061 1.285301
45  | .9045994 .5159448 1.75 0.080 -.1066339 1.915833
55  | .4433076 .5625622 0.79 0.431 -.659294 1.545909
|  
THRU_SPEED |  
40  | -.4655281 .4043569 -1.15 0.250 -1.258053 .3269969
45  | -.0891576 .3453978 -0.26 0.796 -.7661249 .5878096
50  | -1.248241 .4890602 -2.55 0.011 -2.206782 -.2897009
55  | -.1768242 .3604577 -0.49 0.624 -.8833083 .5296598
 
_cons | -4.831303 1.644516 -2.94 0.003 -8.054495 -1.60811

/lnalpha | -1.257409 .2205592   -1.689697 -.8251205

alpha | .2843901 .0627248   .1845755 .4381822

MAHALANOBIS MATCHING

Total Crashes  
Mixed-effects nbinomial regression   Number of obs = 434
Overdispersion:   mean      
Group variable:   Location   Number of groups   = 73
       
    Wald chi2 (11)   = 76.07
Log likelihood   = -938.44718   Prob > chi2   = 0.0000

TOT | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval]

Treated | -.0464587 .160353 -0.29 0.772 -.3607448 .2678274
LNAADTMaj | .5911802 .2070058 2.86 0.004 .1854563 .9969041
LNAADTMin | .1827335 .0580069 3.15 0.002 .0690421 .2964249
|  
THRU_SPEED |  
40  | .1020133 .322451 0.32 0.752 -.5299791 .7340057
45  | .3045244 .2456019 1.24 0.215 -.1768465 .7858953
50  | -.2461067 .3788936 -0.65 0.516 -.9887245 .4965112
55  | .7239126 .3226377 2.24 0.025 .0915543 1.356271
60  | -.3522544 .6128105 -0.57 0.565 -1.553341 .8488322
|  
ThruLane5Up | -.6136113 .3164582 -1.94 0.053 -1.233858 .0066354
DEFLECTION | .008991 .0058116 1.55 0.122 -.0023995 .0203816
Florida | -.7244923 .1486832 -4.87 0.000 -1.015906 -.4330787
_cons | -5.541216 1.969354 -2.81 0.005 -9.401079 -1.681353

/lnalpha | -3.567961 .4746443 -7.52 0.000 -4.498246 -2.637675

Location |          
var(_cons) | .2120851 .0475991   .1366066 .3292674
LR test vs. nbinomial regression:chibar2(01) =   133.20 Prob> = chibar2 = 0.0000

 

Fatal + Injury Crashes
Mixed-effects Poisson regression   Number of obs = 434
Group variable:   Location   Number of groups   = 73
       
    Wald chi2 (11)   = 33.52
Log likelihood   = -665.20078   Prob > chi2   = 0.0004

FI | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval]

Treated | -.1341782 .1386713 -0.97 0.333 -.405969 .1376126
LNAADTMaj | .4430583 .1845915 2.40 0.016 .0812656 .8048511
LNAADTMin | .1164183 .0520172 2.24 0.025 .0144663 .2183702
|  
THRU_SPEED |  
40  | .4292983 .2915357 1.47 0.141 -.1421011 1.000698
45  | .4049865 .2221222 1.82 0.068 -.0303651 .840338
50  | .1067951 .3398837 0.31 0.753 -.5593647 .772955
55  | .880773 .2837816 3.10 0.002 .3245713 1.436975
60  | -.6526719 .6898198 -0.95 0.344 -2.004694 .6993501
|  
ThruLane5Up | -.5191403 .2780189 -1.87 0.062 -1.064047 .0257668
DEFLECTION | .0038474 .0051373 0.75 0.454 -.0062215 .0139162
Florida | -.1913353 .1319369 -1.45 0.147 -.4499269 .0672564
_cons | -4.805059 1.750959 -2.74 0.006 -8.236877 -1.373242

Location |          
var(_cons) | .1022855 .0363784   .0509425 .2053754

LR test vs. nbinomial regression: chibar2(01) =    24.23 Prob> = chibar2 = 0.0000

 

Target Crashes
Mixed-effects nbinomial regression   Number of obs = 433
Overdispersion:   mean      
Group variable:   Location   Number of groups   = 73
       
    Wald chi2 (11)   = 91.98
Log likelihood   = -805.26016   Prob > chi2   = 0.0000

Target | Coef. Std. Err. z P>|z| [95% Conf. Interval]

Treated | -.0337268 .1915727 -0.18 0.860 -.4092025 .3417488
LNAADTMaj | .5266724 .2497115 2.11 0.035 .0372468 1.016098
LNAADTMin | .1948996 .0712121 2.74 0.006 .0553264 .3344728
|  
THRU_SPEED |  
40  | -.0171329 .398288 -0.04 0.966 -.7977631 .7634973
45  | .3838796 .3013736 1.27 0.203 -.2068017 .974561
50  | -.1985112 .4589208 -0.43 0.665 -1.097979 .700957
55  | .6631016 .393477 1.69 0.092 -.108099 1.434302
60  | -.4246656 .7859793 -0.54 0.589 -1.965157 1.115826
|  
ThruLane5Up | -.8200212 .3790982 -2.16 0.031 -1.56304 -.0770024
DEFLECTION | .0100721 .0069324 1.45 0.146 -.0035152 .0236594
Florida | -1.158089 .1774422 -6.53 0.000 -1.505869 -.8103083
_cons | -5.133955 2.36076 -2.17 0.030 -9.76096 -.5069502

/lnalpha | -3.240642 .5155851 -6.29 0.000 -4.251171 -2.230114

Location |          
var(_cons) | .2840945 .0674521   .1783871 .4524413

LR test vs. nbinomial regression: chibar2 (01) =  108.78 Prob> = chibar2 = 0.0000

 

 

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