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Analysis of Traffic Accident Reduction Performance of High-quality and Long-life Pavement Marking Materials

고기능·장수명 차선도료의 교통사고 감소효과 분석

  • 이명환 (아주대학교 건설교통공학과) ;
  • 최기주 (아주대학교 교통시스템공학과) ;
  • 오인섭 (한국도로공사 도로사업처) ;
  • 김정화 (아주대학교 TOD 도시교통연구센터)
  • Received : 2015.05.28
  • Accepted : 2015.06.30
  • Published : 2015.08.01

Abstract

Road conditions which obstruct the driver from seeing road markings, such as in the evening or in the rain, due to the lack of a light source gives way to increasing the risk of traffic accidents. In order to increase road safety, the Korea Expressway Corporation set up a pilot project which used high-quality materials along a section of the Gyeongbu Expressway between Daejeon and Pangyo. There is little research on high-quality materials in the field of pavement marking. This study introduces high-quality materials used in pavement materials, presents the results of a survey conducted to examine the effect of the pilot project and analyzes traffic accident data from before and after the implementation of the pilot project. The survey results show that 87% of the respondents were highly satisfied with the pilot project. With the goal of evaluating the effect of the pilot project, this study used traffic accident data provided by the Korea Expressway Corporation accident data and performed a before-after study of the number of traffic. The results of data analysis show that there were 62 and 48 traffic accidents before and after the implementation of the pilot project. In addition, the result of Emperical Bayes Method indicates that there is an 41.7% decrease in the number of traffic accidents as an effect of High-quality Pavement Marking Materials.

광원이 없는 야간이나 비가 오는 날에 차선이 잘 보이지 않아 사고위험이 크게 증가하고 있는 가운데, 한국도로공사에서는 교통안전성을 높이기 위해 경부고속도로 판교~대전에 고기능 장수명 차선도료를 시범 적용하였다. 하지만 이러한 고기능 장수명 차선도료에 대한 실질적인 연구가 부족하였다. 본 연구에서는 고기능 장수명 차선 도료에 대한 소개 및 설문조사에 기반한 기술통계분석과 고기능 장수명 차선도료의 사용에 대한 시범 설치 구간의 사고 자료를 분석하였다. 설문조사 결과 시범적용에 대한 긍정적인 응답이 87%이상으로 높은 만족도를 보였다. 사고자료 분석은 한국도로공사 교통사고속보자료를 활용하였으며 효과를 평가하기 위한 목적으로 단순사고건수 비교방법과 경험적 베이즈 방법을 사용했다. 단순사고건수 분석 결과, 설치 전 62건에서 설치 후 48건으로 사고 감소 효과의 증진이 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 경험적 베이즈 방법 분석 결과, 약 41.7%의 교통사고 감소효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

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