Safety and Capacity Analysis of Automated and Manual Highway Systems

This paper compares safety of automated and manual highway systems with respect to resulting rear-end collision frequency and severity. The results show that automated driving is safer than the most alert manual drivers, at similar speeds and capacities. The authors also present a detailed safety-capacity tradeoff study for four different Automated Highway System concepts that differ in their information structure and separation policy.

• Record URL:
  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gh228q3
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  Office of Research, P.O. Box 942873
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001
• Authors:
  • Carbaugh, Jason
  • Godbole, Datta N
  • Sengupta, Raja
• Publication Date: 1999-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 33p
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highways; Highway capacity; Highway safety; Rear end crashes; Vehicle spacing; Velocity
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01567247
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-99-36
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 26 2015 1:37PM