PMID- 34682376
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211101
LR  - 20211101
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 20
DP  - 2021 Oct 11
TI  - Assessment of Significant Factors Affecting Frequent Lane-Changing Related to 
      Road Safety: An Integrated Approach of the AHP-BWM Model.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph182010628 [doi]
LID - 10628
AB  - Frequent lane changes cause serious traffic safety concerns for road users. The 
      detection and categorization of significant factors affecting frequent lane 
      changing could help to reduce frequent lane-changing risk. The main objective of 
      this research study is to assess and prioritize the significant factors and 
      sub-factors affecting frequent lane changing designed in a three-level 
      hierarchical structure. As a multi-criteria decision-making methodology (MCDM), 
      this study utilizes the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) combined with the 
      best-worst method (BWM) to compare and quantify the specified factors. To 
      illustrate the applicability of the proposed model, a real-life decision-making 
      problem is considered, prioritizing the most significant factors affecting lane 
      changing based on the driver's responses on a designated questionnaire survey. 
      The proposed model observed fewer pairwise comparisons (PCs) with more consistent 
      and reliable results than the conventional AHP. For level 1 of the three-level 
      hierarchical structure, the AHP-BWM model results show "traffic characteristics" 
      (0.5148) as the most significant factor affecting frequent lane changing, 
      followed by "human" (0.2134), as second-ranked factor. For level 2, "traffic 
      volume" (0.1771) was observed as the most significant factor, followed by "speed" 
      (0.1521). For level 3, the model results show "average speed" (0.0783) as 
      first-rank factor, followed by the factor "rural" (0.0764), as compared to other 
      specified factors. The proposed integrated approach could help decision-makers to 
      focus on highlighted significant factors affecting frequent lane-changing to 
      improve road safety.
FAU - Farooq, Danish
AU  - Farooq D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3403-7744
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Comsats University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Wah 
      47040, Pakistan.
FAU - Moslem, Sarbast
AU  - Moslem S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4587-7482
AD  - Department of Transport Technology and Economics, Budapest University of 
      Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Hungary.
FAU - Jamal, Arshad
AU  - Jamal A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7284-7348
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Design and Built 
      Environment, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 5055, 
      Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Interdisciplinary Research Center of Smart Mobility and Logistics (IRC-SML), King 
      Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Butt, Farhan Muhammad
AU  - Butt FM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2651-7177
AD  - Transportation and Traffic Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Imam 
      Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31451, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Almarhabi, Yahya
AU  - Almarhabi Y
AD  - Center of Excellence in Trauma and Accidents, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 
      21589, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 
      21589, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Faisal Tufail, Rana
AU  - Faisal Tufail R
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Comsats University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Wah 
      47040, Pakistan.
FAU - Almoshaogeh, Meshal
AU  - Almoshaogeh M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1158-8324
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, 
      Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211011
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/prevention & control
MH  - Analytic Hierarchy Process
MH  - *Automobile Driving
MH  - Humans
MH  - Rural Population
MH  - Safety
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC8535848
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - analytic hierarchy process
OT  - best-worst method
OT  - frequent lane-changing
OT  - multi-criteria decision making
OT  - prioritize
OT  - road safety
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/10/24 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/03 06:00
PMCR- 2021/10/11
CRDT- 2021/10/23 01:11
PHST- 2021/08/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/10/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/10/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/10/23 01:11 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/10/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/10/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph182010628 [pii]
AID - ijerph-18-10628 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph182010628 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 11;18(20):10628. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph182010628.