CLIMATOLOGY OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN JAPAN ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITH DENSE FOG AND A CASE STUDY

Fog limits visibility and it can often be a cause of traffic accidents. Especially, it may be a cause of the major accidents on the expressway in which many automobiles run at high speed. It is necessary to examine features of the fog with the traffic accident in order to prevent such disaster. Climatological features were examined, and a detailed meteorological analysis was carried out on the one case.

• Record URL:
  http://www.iac.ethz.ch/staff/wueest/sirwec/conferences/sapporo2002/yamamoto.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Standing International Road Weather Commission

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• Authors:
  • Yamamotro, A
• Conference:
  • 11th International Road Weather Conference (http://www.sirwec.org)
  • Location: Sapporo, Japan
  • Date: 2002-1-26 to 2002-1-28
• Publication Date: 2002-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 5p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climatology; Expressways; Fog; Meteorology; Traffic crashes; Visibility distance
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941967
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 5 2003 12:00AM