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    • Figure 1. 

      The selected study area. Source: Authors' own elaboration based on study area boundary, road network, and crash data processed in GIS.

    • Figure 2. 

      Conceptual framework of the variables.

    • Figure 3. 

      Mean absolute SHAP value.

    • Figure 4. 

      Global SHAP summary plot.

    • Figure 5. 

      SHAP waterfall plot.

    • Figure 6. 

      SHAP dependence plot.

    • Figure 7. 

      SHAP interaction plot.

    • Response variables Hexagonal-based analysis Neighborhood-based analysis Census tracts-based analysis
      Mean S.D. Min. Max. Mean S.D. Min. Max. Mean S.D. Min. Max.
      PIC 0.68 1.65 0.00 9.43 0.88 1.01 0.00 6.29 0.73 4.83 0 127.4
      EIC 2.44 4.26 0.00 50.27 2.97 2.55 0.00 12.67 2.63 10.09 0 186.17
      FIC 0.17 0.81 0.00 9.43 0.2 0.42 0.00 2.96 0.23 3.02 0 96.77
      Predictors
      Freight generators
      Distance to airport (km) 9.38 3.36 0.00 18.37 8.46 2.8 1.48 15.48 8.61 2.74 0 17.32
      Distance to seaport (km) 13.46 5.13 0.00 23.63 12.64 4.9 0.36 21.83 13.33 5.07 0 23.4
      Distance to intermodal terminal (km) 4.76 2.24 0.09 10.89 4.36 2.18 0.25 9.74 4.23 2.25 0.06 10.27
      Demographics & land uses
      Population density (persons/km2) 7,338.51 5,696.26 0.00 29,802.4 16,813.09 8,190.26 737.16 38,948.43 17,056.7 17,351.8 0 629,596.41
      Job density (jobs/km2) 2,352.61 11,661.82 0.00 301,277.1 2,953.44 5,575.33 1.98 34,015.25 298.01 6,566.02 0 293,390.21
      % age of residential land uses 64% 32% 0% 100% 76% 10% 30% 95% 69% 33% 0 100%
      % age of industrial land uses 1% 7% 0% 100% 1% 3% 0% 18% 1% 6% 0 100%
      % age of retail land uses 43% 28% 0% 100% 51% 15% 22% 85% 39% 31% 0 100%
      Road infrastructure
      Density of traffic signals (per km2) 3.32 6.59 0.00 59.7 4.63 5.17 0.00 27.79 4 12.57 0 255.36
      Density of roundabouts (per km2) 0.07 0.45 0.00 3.14 0.08 0.29 0.00 2.21 0.04 0.89 0 40.19
      Density of freight trip generation
      poles (per km2)
      4.24 8.32 0.00 103.69 5.45 4.98 0.00 32.9 4.03 12.63 0 152.74
      Road network
      Density of freeway lane mileage
      (km/km2)
      0.52 1.49 0.00 14.64 0.65 0.99 0.00 5.14 0.79 26.58 0 1,615.21
      Density of primary road lane
      mileage (km/km2)
      1.37 2.09 0.00 11.77 1.98 1.84 0.00 9.43 1.54 3.43 0 32.75
      Density of secondary road lane
      mileage (km/km2)
      1.59 1.86 0.00 9.22 2.10 1.53 0.00 7.83 2.16 3.89 0 56.57
      Density of truck volumes
      (vehicle/km2)
      1.18 3.72 0.00 59.56 1,032.56 796.99 288.08 6,653.61 1.47 9.31 0 589.1
      Density of congested roads
      (km/km2)
      0.05 0.10 0 1.47 0.06 0.04 0.00 0.19 0.06 0.19 0 6.22

      Table 1. 

      Descriptive statistics.

    • CategoryVariablePICEICFIC
      ZIPXGBoostZIPXGBoostZIPXGBoost
      Co.effS.ERI (%)RankCo.effS.ERI (%)RankCo.effS.ERI (%)Rank
      Freight generators
      Distance to airport−0.081***0.024.239−0.044***0.0092.91130.0070.0384.8212
      Distance to seaport0.031*0.0133.76130.035***0.0064.0280.0110.0256.155
      Distance to intermodal terminal−0.055*0.0253.3315−0.046***0.0112.5616−0.0140.0556.056
      Demographics and land uses
      Population density0.0450.0793.6914−0.0240.0413.4120.492**0.1573.8716
      Job density0.056**0.0214.19100.0060.0092.76150.103*0.0447.194
      %age of residential land uses0.1940.3034.18110.0120.1393.53110.4090.4964.1814
      %%age of industrial land uses0.8881.8473.93120.6910.3862.9140.0174.8335.199
      %age of retail land uses0.811**0.2654.4780.120.1255.4971.412**0.5354.7613
      Road infrastructure
      Density of traffic signals0.010*0.00519.8910.014***0.00314.320.0040.0265.988
      Density of roundabouts−0.0090.0762.56160.0410.035.6560.2950.1568.212
      Density of freight trip generation poles−0.0240.04310.4520.070**0.0228.7140.1040.115.0910
      Road network
      Density of freeway lane mileage0.079***0.028.0740.089***0.01116.9610.0180.06815.661
      Density of primary road lane mileage0.0370.0217.1250.0120.0133.759−0.0580.0834.0415
      Density of secondary road lane mileage0.062*0.0264.67−0.0010.0143.7210−0.0030.06867
      Density of truck volumes−0.0020.0128.913−0.0010.00612.9330.0090.0387.963
      Density of congested roads1.336**0.466.6261.441***0.3236.385−1.4243.1264.8711
      PSEUDO-R20.0420.1670.0740.3490.044−0.024
      RMSE1.5591.5613.9233.6080.8030.784
      MAE0.9550.8612.5622.1520.3000.223
      *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.

      Table 2. 

      Model comparison based on hexagonal-level analysis.

    • CategoryVariablePICEICFIC
      ZIPXGBoostZIPXGBoostZIPXGBoost
      Co.effS.ERI (%)RankCo.effS.ERI (%)RankCo.effS.ERI (%)Rank
      Freight generators
      Distance to airport−0.139**0.0533.0313−0.091**0.0283.812−0.10.1035.987
      Distance to seaport−0.0090.0362.7915−0.0110.0196.470.0230.0735.379
      Distance to intermodal terminal−0.1110.0752.814−0.076*0.0371.9816−0.1750.1366.636
      Demographics and land ues
      Population density0.0890.2953.66110.2330.1623.73130.3840.5474.1416
      Job density0.1180.1306.194−0.219***0.0573.5614−0.2890.2734.3914
      % of residential land uses0.1261.4783.07120.0590.7914.449−0.3293.1337.24
      % of industrial land uses−0.0195.2592.6416−0.0172.3748.0750.1128.47912.81
      % of retail land uses−0.27114.938−0.0970.5267.4260.0151.9545.448
      Road infrastructure
      Density of traffic signals0.076*0.03724.6210.0410.0258.4340.0490.0924.9412
      Density of roundabouts0.0840.3455.8950.0360.2133.4515−0.0350.9524.1815
      Density of freight trip generation poles−0.0480.2045.670.365**0.13311.5530.5370.4238.432
      Road network
      Density of freeway lane mileage0.1010.1036.8930.140*0.05512.2410.2120.2097.065
      Density of primary road lane mileage−0.1150.0913.8210−0.0750.0565.338−0.3760.2364.9213
      Density of secondary road lane mileage−0.1850.1035.736−0.128*0.0603.8111−0.3820.2484.9711
      Density of truck volumes004.7190011.772008.353
      Density of congested roads0.0774.80213.642−0.0122.4344.0110−0.0259.5655.2110
      PSEUDO-R20.1530.0800.1220.1060.099−0.386
      RMSE0.8180.9202.0592.3360.3880.411
      MAE0.5580.6281.5291.6300.2340.230
      *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.

      Table 3. 

      Model comparison based on neighborhood-level analysis.

    • Category Variable PIC EIC FIC
      ZIP XGBoost ZIP XGBoost ZIP XGBoost
      Co.eff S.E RI (%) Rank Co.eff S.E RI (%) Rank Co.eff S.E RI (%) Rank
      Freight generators
      Distance to airport −0.085 nan 7.22 5 −0.008 nan 5.45 11 0.012 nan 5.74 12
      Distance to seaport −0.019 nan 6.36 7 −0.003 nan 6.93 7 0.038 nan 6.92 6
      Distance to intermodal terminal −0.074 nan 5.23 11 −0.055 nan 6.17 9 −0.032 nan 10.18 2
      Demographics and land uses
      Population density 0.625 nan 5.66 9 0.381 nan 5.57 10 −0.022 nan 6.09 9
      Job density 0.032 nan 2.49 14 −0.002 nan 2.54 14 −0.011 nan 16
      % of residential land uses −0.469 nan 6.07 8 −0.198 nan 4.88 13 −0.018 nan 9.12 4
      % of industrial land uses 1.176 nan 3.75 12 1.408 nan 5 12 0.001 nan 3.51 13
      % of retail land uses −0.912 nan 9.76 3 0.008 nan 7.8 5 0.011 nan 6.53 7
      Road infrastructure
      Density of traffic signals 0.004 nan 14.93 1 0.004 nan 11.83 1 0.075 nan 5.87 11
      Density of roundabouts −0.081 nan 1.22 16 −0.109 nan 1.69 15 0.001 nan 0.73 15
      Density of freight trip generation poles −0.086 nan 3.25 13 −0.073 nan 7.12 6 0.028 nan 9.38 3
      Road network
      Density of freeway lane mileage 0.004 nan 1.48 15 0.006 nan 1.54 16 −0.014 nan 0.95 14
      Density of primary road lane mileage 0.017 nan 8.52 4 0.017 nan 8.12 3 0.052 nan 7.62 5
      Density of secondary road lane mileage 0.004 nan 5.5 10 0.018 nan 7.97 4 −0.01 nan 6.04 10
      Density of truck volumes 0.1 nan 7.19 6 0.051 nan 11.09 2 0.24 nan 15.12 1
      Density of congested roads 1.176 nan 11.36 2 −0.107 nan 6.31 8 0.001 nan 6.21 8
      PSEUDO-R2 0.302 0.028 0.192 0.055 −2.392 −0.047
      RMSE 4.659 9.742 2.825
      MAE 1.18 3.951 0.319

      Table 4. 

      Model comparison based on census tracts-level analysis.