
Specifically, when the road crashes were cleared up within 76 min, principal arterials take a shorter time than the other three types of roads to clean the scene. When it comes to the total time duration of crashes, different types of roads have different characteristics.


Results show that the average crash durations in minor arterials are longer than in all other road types. To this aim, the study applies the accelerated failure time (AFT) hazards-based model on principal arterials, minor arterials, major collectors, and minor collectors using Miami-Dade County in Florida (USA) as the study area. To better understand this relationship, this study examines the effects of crash characteristics, roadway features, temporal variables, and other variables on crash duration.

While traffic crash duration on freeways and its association with crash characteristics have been studied extensively, limited research exists regarding the characteristics of crash duration in urban arterials and collectors and their influential factors.
