The Contribution of Onboard Recording Systems to Road Safety and Accident Analysis

This paper presents onboard computer systems (black boxes), that 1. contribute to road safety by helping to reduce the number of accidents, 2. provide data for accident analysis based on field experiences in USA and Europe with case studies. There are several versions of onboard computers that record the performance of drivers and vehicles. Field experiences and case studies show that a ‘feed back’ of these records lead to a favourable modification of drivers’ behaviour. Further these objective and accurate recordings allow detailed reconstruction and analysis of accidents.

• Record URL:
  http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/Esv/esv16/98S2O34.PDF
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594

  International Transportation Safety Association

  Apeldoorn,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Lehmann, Gerhard
  • Reynolds, Tony
• Conference:
  • Transportation Recording: 2000 and Beyond. International Symposium on Transportation Recorders
  • Location: Arlington VA, United States
  • Date: 1999-5-3 to 1999-5-5
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Transportation Recorders. Transportation Recording: 2000 and Beyond, May 3-5, 1999, Arlington, Virginia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Case studies; Countermeasures; Crash analysis; Crash data; Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Drivers; Event data recorders; Highway safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Europe; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01088026
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2008 11:54AM