Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6799-6805

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

Winter 2024

Abstract

The research aims to provide insight into the initiation event of Wrong-way Driving (WWD) on highways. The intense severity of a WWD accident is encouraging the authorities to install mitigation systems that will ensure safety for motorists on highways. The WWD events are mostly resulting of intoxicated driving, where the unconscious driver takes the wrong way to enter the highway and place other motorists into life-threatening danger. This research attempted to explore from basic knowledge of WWD occurrence to examine the origin and driving philosophy of intoxicated drivers from land-use impact and mathematical modeling point of views. To identify the geolocation entrance points of this driving behavior, the research utilized data from crash database, 911 calls database, and on-premises alcohol serving locations for analysis. Utilizing a proposed methodology to analyze 543 exit ramps inside Bexar County highway system, 213 ramps have been identified with geolocation that can be considered as the potential hotspots for entrance of WWD. The location database of 213 ramps should help the authorities to apply cost-effective countermeasures to detect WWD earlier before accidents occur. The outcomes of this research will include a methodology for determining WWD entrance locations of a regional highway and a list of WWD entrance hotspot locations of Bexar County highway system.

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Tran-SET Project 22MUTSA68

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