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Objective: The objective of this research was to study the risk factors that significantly influence the severity of intersection crashes for vehicle occupants, as well as for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.

Methods: Logistic regression was applied as the method in this study to analyze a data set of intersection crashes involving casualties in Victoria, Australia, for the period January 2000 to December 2009.

Results: Seven risk factors obtained were found to be significantly associated with the severity of intersection crashes, including driver age and gender, speed zone, traffic control type, time of day, crash type, and seat belt usage.

Conclusions: This study found that male drivers as well as older drivers (age 65 and above) had higher odds of being involved in fatal intersection crashes. Intersection crashes occurring between midnight and early morning (12:00 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.), in 100 km/h speed zones, or …