• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.1-17
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• 2024

In Korea, tollgates are designed in a complex manner with the coexistence of Hi-Pass and Toll Collection System lanes, frequently leading to traffic accidents. Despite the continuous efforts of the government to improve tollgates based on an analysis of accident factors, incidents still persist. Tollgates require drivers to be aware of numerous circumstances and events within a short distance, necessitating careful consideration of several factors and circumstances when analyzing traffic accidents. Therefore, this study applied the Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency method to traffic accident data to identify the factors and circumstances. Subsequently, the tollgate traffic accidents were categorized. Finally, effective tollgate improvement measures were proposed based on the categorization result.