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Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2023, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (2): 165-172.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2023.02.003

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Core risk factors of major guardrail-type traffic accidents based on an integrated DEMATEL/ISM

CHENG Yufeng1,2(), ZOU Tiefang2,*(), LI Pingfan3   

  1. 1. Yangtze Delta Region Branch of China National Institute of Standardization, Jiaxing 314000, China
    2. School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China
    3. Traffic Management Research Institute, Ministry of Public Security, Wuxi 214151, China
  • Received:2022-09-07 Revised:2022-11-08 Online:2023-04-30 Published:2023-04-27
  • Contact: ZOU Tiefang E-mail:2360116903@qq.com;tiefang@163.com

Abstract:

A core risk factor system of major guardrail-type traffic accidents (MGTA) was constructed by using deeply data mining (DM) to investigated the formation causes of the MGTA, according to the characteristics of five types of accidents: men, vehicles, roads, environments and managements. The key core risk factors and their causal relationships, action paths and hierarchical structures were determined based on the integrated analysis of the DEMATEL (decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory) method and the Interpretive Structural Model (ISM). The results show that the MGTA formation is the result of the coupling between the risk factors; and the driver factors and management factors are the important source of accident prevention. Weak security awareness, driving against road rules, improper operation, speeding, driver supervision omissions and vehicle supervision omissions are the key core risk factors affecting the accident formation, among them, driver supervision omission and vehicle supervision omission are the key root causes, which have high driving force.

Key words: road traffic safety, traffic accidents, major guardrail-type traffic accidents (MGTA), risk factors, decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method, interpretative structural model (ISM)

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