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Modelling traffic accidents on freeways is very significant due to the fact that accidents occurring on these roads are frequent and severe and cause traffic jams. Bearing this in mind, the objective of this paper was to analyze the impact of freeway geometry and traffic characteristics on the occurrence of traffic accidents with fatalities on freeways in Serbia. The paper analyzed traffic accidents with fatalities which had on the M-1 freeway with the total length of 394 km. A regression analysis was used in the analysis of data. The developed models represent the one of the first attempt of quantifying the mentioned impacts on the freeways in Serbia. These models should contribute to the improvement of safety of the existing freeways and designing new safer freeways.
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The results obtained in this paper are the product research project of the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia- titled: Improving the level of traffic safety on motorways’. The project is co-financed by the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian society for roads “Via-Vita” Beograd. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of representatives of the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Highway Institute and all of the participants who have work on this project.
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Milenković, M., Glavić, D. (2018). Analysis of Relations Between Freeway Geometry and Traffic Characteristics on Traffic Accidents. In: Hadžikadić, M., Avdaković, S. (eds) Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications II. IAT 2017. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71321-2_48
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