MRR 05/2012 Research Report MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 Ahmad Noor Syukri Zainal Abidin Siti Atiqah Mohd Faudzi Fauziana Lamin Abdul Rahmat Abdul Manap Research Report MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 Ahmad Noor Syukri Zainal Abidin Siti Atiqah Mohd Faudzi Fauziana Lamin Abdul Rahmat Abdul Manap MIROS © 2012 All Rights Reserved Published by: Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) Lot 125-135, Jalan TKS 1, Taman Kajang Sentral, 43000 Kajang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Research report. MIROS crash investigation and reconstruction : annual statistical 2007-2010 / Ahmad Noor Syukri Zainal Abidin ... [et al.] Research report : MRR 05/2012 Bibliography: p. 61 ISBN 978-967-5967-27-6 1. Traffic safety--Malaysia. 2. Roads--Safety measures--Malaysia. 3. Traffic regulations--Malaysia. I. 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MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 Contents Page List of Figures v List of Tables vii Definitions ix Acknowledgements xiii Preface xv 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Descriptive Analyses 3 2.1 Investigated Cases 3 2.2 Investigated Cases by Fatalities 4 2.3 Investigated Cases by Day of Occurrence 4 2.4 Investigated Cases by Time of Occurrence 6 2.5 Investigated Cases by Month of Occurrence 8 2.6 Investigated Cases by State 10 2.7 Investigated Cases by District 12 2.8 Investigated Cases by Crash Type 16 2.9 Investigated Cases by Vehicle Type 18 2.10 Investigated Cases by Number of Vehicles Involved 19 2.11 Investigated Cases by Road Type 21 2.12 Investigated Cases by Intersection Type 23 2.13 Investigated Cases by Horizontal Profile of the Road 25 2.14 Investigated Cases by Vertical Profile of the Road 25 2.15 Investigated Cases by Carriageway Type 26 2.16 Investigated Cases by Vicinity Area 27 2.17 Investigated Cases by Weather Condition 28 2.18 Investigated Cases by Lighting Condition 29 3.0 KSI and Fatality Index 30 3.1 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Day of Occurrence 31 3.2 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Time of Occurrence 32 3.3 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Month of Occurrence 32 3.4 Fatality and KSI Indexes by State 33 iii MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 3.5 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Crash Type 35 3.6 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Road Type 36 3.7 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Intersection Type 36 3.8 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Horizontal Profile of the Road 37 3.9 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Vertical Profile of the Road 37 3.10 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Carriageway Type 38 3.11 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Number of Vehicles Involved 38 3.12 Fatality Index by Vehicle Type 39 3.13 Fatality and KSI Indexes by Vicinity Area, Weather and 39 Lighting Conditions 4.0 Injury and Crash Occurrence Factors 41 4.1 Fatalities 41 4.2 Month of Occurrence 42 4.3 Time of Occurrence 44 4.4 Crash Type 45 4.5 Vehicle Type 47 4.6 Number of Vehicles Involved 48 4.7 Road Type 49 4.8 Intersection Type 50 4.9 Horizontal Profile of the Road 51 4.10 Vertical Profile of the Road 52 4.11 Carriageway Type 53 4.12 Vicinity Area 54 4.13 Weather Condition 56 4.14 Lighting Condition 57 5.0 Conclusion 59 References 61 iv MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 List of Figures Page Figure 1 Distribution of investigated cases, 2007–2010 3 Figure 2 Investigated cases by fatalities per case, 2007–2010 4 Figure 3 Investigated cases by day of occurrence, 2007 5 Figure 4 Investigated cases by day of occurrence, 2008 5 Figure 5 Investigated cases by day of occurrence, 2009 5 Figure 6 Investigated cases by day of occurrence, 2010 6 Figure 7 Investigated cases by time of occurrence, 2007 6 Figure 8 Investigated cases by time of occurrence, 2008 7 Figure 9 Investigated cases by time of occurrence, 2009 7 Figure 10 Investigated cases by time of occurrence, 2010 7 Figure 11 Investigated cases by month of occurrence, 2007 8 Figure 12 Investigated cases by month of occurrence, 2008 9 Figure 13 Investigated cases by month of occurrence, 2009 9 Figure 14 Investigated cases by month of occurrence, 2010 9 Figure 15 Investigated cases by state, 2007 10 Figure 16 Investigated cases by state, 2008 10 Figure 17 Investigated cases by state, 2009 11 Figure 18 Investigated cases by state, 2010 11 Figure 19 Investigated cases by crash type, 2007 16 Figure 20 Investigated cases by crash type, 2008 16 Figure 21 Investigated cases by crash type, 2009 17 Figure 22 Investigated cases by crash type, 2010 17 Figure 23 Investigated cases by vehicle type, 2007 18 Figure 24 Investigated cases by vehicle type, 2008 18 Figure 25 Investigated cases by vehicle type, 2009 19 Figure 26 Investigated cases by vehicle type, 2010 19 Figure 27 Investigated cases by number of vehicles involved, 2007 20 Figure 28 Investigated cases by number of vehicles involved, 2008 20 Figure 29 Investigated cases by number of vehicles involved, 2009 20 Figure 30 Investigated cases by number of vehicles involved, 2010 21 Figure 31 Investigated cases by road type, 2007 21 Figure 32 Investigated cases by road type, 2008 22 Figure 33 Investigated cases by road type, 2009 22 v MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 Figure 34 Investigated cases by road type, 2010 23 Figure 35 Investigated cases by intersection type, 2007 23 Figure 36 Investigated cases by intersection type, 2008 24 Figure 37 Investigated cases by intersection type, 2009 24 Figure 38 Investigated cases by intersection type, 2010 24 Figure 39 Investigated cases by horizontal profile of the road, 2007–2010 25 Figure 40 Investigated cases by vertical profile of the road, 2007–2010 26 Figure 41 Investigated cases by carriageway type, 2007–2010 26 Figure 42 Investigated cases by vicinity areas, 2007 27 Figure 43 Investigated cases by vicinity areas, 2008 27 Figure 44 Investigated cases by vicinity areas, 2009 28 Figure 45 Investigated cases by vicinity areas, 2010 28 Figure 46 Investigated cases by weather condition, 2007–2010 29 Figure 47 Investigated cases by lighting condition, 2007–2010 29 Figure 48 Number of causalities by injury severity 30 vi MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 List of Tables Page Table 1 Investigated cases by district, 2007 12 Table 2 Investigated cases by district, 2008 13 Table 3 Investigated cases by district, 2009 14 Table 4 Investigated cases by district, 2010 15 Table 5 Fatality and KSI indexes by day of occurrence 31 Table 6 Fatality and KSI indexes by time of occurrence 32 Table 7 Fatality and KSI indexes by month 33 Table 8 Fatality and KSI indexes by state 34 Table 9 Fatality and KSI indexes by crash type 35 Table 10 Fatality and KSI indexes by road type 36 Table 11 Fatality and KSI indexes by intersection type 37 Table 12 Fatality and KSI indexes by horizontal profile of the road 37 Table 13 Fatality and KSI indexes by vertical profile of the road 38 Table 14 Fatality and KSI indexes by carriageway type 38 Table 15 Fatality and KSI indexes by number of vehicles involved 39 Table 16 Fatality index by vehicle type 39 Table 17 Fatality and KSI indexes by vicinity area 40 Table 18 Fatality and KSI indexes by weather condition 40 Table 19 Fatality and KSI indexes by lighting condition 41 Table 20 Number of fatalities per case by injury and crash occurrence factors 42 Table 21 Distribution of injury and crash occurrence factors by month of occurrence 43 Table 22 Distribution of injury and crash occurrence factors by time of occurrence 44 Table 23 Injury and crash occurrence factors by crash type 46 Table 24 Injury and crash occurrence factors by vehicle type 47 Table 25 Injury and crash occurrence factors by number of vehicles involved 48 Table 26 Injury and crash occurrence factors by road type 49 Table 27 Injury and crash occurrence factors by intersection type 50 Table 28 Injury and crash occurrence factors by horizontal profile of the road 51 Table 29 Injury and crash occurrence factors by vertical profile of the road 53 vii MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 Table 30 Injury and crash occurrence factors by carriageway type 54 Table 31 Injury and crash occurrence factors by vicinity area 55 Table 32 Injury and crash occurrence factors by weather condition 56 Table 33 Injury and crash occurrence factors by lighting condition 57 viii MIROS Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Annual Statistical Report 2007–2010 Definitions Carriageway Any information related to the existence of road median at the crash site, and is categorised as single carriageway for roads without medians, and dual carriageway for roads with median Casualty Any person killed or injured as a result