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However, the influence of these factors is not necessarily homogenous across locations, which is a challenge for non-stationary modeling approaches. To address this problem, this paper adopts two types of methods allowing parameters to fluctuate among observations, that is, the random parameter approach and the geographically weighted regression (GWR) approach. With road curvature, curve length, pavement friction, and traffic volume as independent variables, vehicle crash frequencies are modeled by two non-spatial methods, including the negative binomial (NB) model and random parameter negative binomial (RPNB), as well as three spatial methods (GWR approach). These models are calibrated in microlevel using a dataset of 9415 horizontal curve segments with a total length of 1545 kilometers for a period of three years (2016\u20132018) over the State of Indiana. 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