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Traffic Accident Damage Severity of Old Age Drivers by Multilevel Analysis Model

다수준분석모형을 이용한 고령운전자 교통사고 피해 심각성 분석

  • 장태연 (전북대학교 도시공학과)
  • Received : 2013.05.15
  • Accepted : 2014.02.25
  • Published : 2014.04.01
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Abstract

This study analyzes traffic accident severity of old age drivers in fourteen cities and counties of Jeonbuk Province. It is assumed that traffic accident effecting factors have two staged structure by personal and driving environment and urban characteristics. Multilevel Analysis Model is used under the assumption of hierarchical characteristics to analyze factors effecting severity. As the driver's age increases after sixty-five years old, accident damages become severe. The drunk driving is likely to make traffic accident damage more severer. The number of fatal accident by old age drivers is about three time more than by no old age drivers. Old age drivers have higher number of night traffic accidents but severer ones in daytime. Old age drivers show the higher number of traffic accidents but severer ones in fine weather. Wet road surface also influences damage severity and especially old age drivers show higher serious damage and fatal than no old drivers.

전라북도내 14개 시 군의 교통사고 자료를 활용하여 고령운전자의 교통사고 피해 심각성을 분석하였다. 교통사고는 1차적으로 개인 및 운전환경 속성과 2차적으로 도시관련 속성에 의해 영향을 받는 2단계 위계적 특성을 갖는 것으로 가정하였다. 위계적 특성을 고려한 피해 심각성에 대한 영향요인을 분석하기 위해 다수준분석모형을 활용하였다. 분석결과로서 65세 이후의 고령운전자는 연령이 증가할수록 교통사고로 인한 피해상황이 심각해짐을 보여주며 안전한 운전방법의 교육과 교통사고를 미연에 방지하기 위한 대안이 필요하다. 음주운전은 고령운전자에게 사고발생시 피해 심각성을 크게 할 경향이 높은데, 사망사고에 있어서 비고령자에 비해 발생비율이 약 3.0배 이상 높았다. 고령운전자는 야간 교통사고 발생빈도가 높은 편이나, 낮 시간대의 교통사고일수록 피해 심각성은 높아졌다. 고령운전자는 비고령자보다 흐린 날씨에서 사고 발생빈도가 높으나, 심각성에서는 맑은 날에 높아짐을 보였다. 습윤상태의 노면이 피해 심각성에 큰 영향을 주고 있는데, 비고령자에 비해서 고령운전자가 중상 및 사망비율도 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

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