Single vehicle run-off-road accidents colliding turned down terminals of guardrails

Looking at the number of fatal car accidents, single-vehicle accidents and particularly run-off-road (ROR) accidents are most frequent. On Austrian highways (Autobahnen) ROR accidents amount to almost 45 percent of all fatal accidents, i.e. nearly every second a fatal accident is caused by a ROR accident and interaction with infrastructure. Considering the accident fatalities on the Autobahn in Austria, approximately 45 persons are dying every year on single-vehicle run-of-road accidents with passenger cars. One possibility of protection against impacts with infrastructure is the use of guardrails. However, the initial element identified as a turned down terminal could become a dangerous impact object. These turned down terminals may lead a vehicle to roll over or the car "takes-off" when impacting the turned down guardrail. In many cases it is reported that the vehicle is jumping into road side objects such as traffic sign poles or overpasses. On average, nine people are killed in such accidents every year in Austria. (A) Paper to the session "Car Accidents" of the 4th International Conference on ESAR "Expert Symposium on Accident Research", 16th to 18th September 2010 in Hannover. For the covering abstract of the conference, see ITRD D366702.

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• Authors:
  • TOMASCH, E
  • HOSCHOPF, H
  • GOBALD, M
  • STEFFAN, H
  • NADLER, B
  • NADLER, F
  • STRNAD, B
  • Schneider, F
• Publication Date: 2010-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: Assessing the field relevance of testing protocols and injury risk functions employed in new car assessment programs
• Serial:
  • BERICHTE DER BUNDESANSTALT FUER STRASSENWESEN. UNTERREIHE FAHRZEUGTECHNIK
  • Issue Number: 77
  • Publisher: WIRTSCHAFTSVERLAG NW
  • ISSN: 0943-9307

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash severity; Crashes; Fatalities; Freeways; Guardrails; Improvements; Mathematical analysis; Overturning; Prevention; Ran off road crashes; Safety; Statistics; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: One
• Geographic Terms: Austria
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 6471: Analysis (math); 8007: Austria; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 1686: Crash barrier; 1602: Fatality; 1686: Guard rail; 1686: Guide rail (US); 9108: Improvement; 2752: Motorway; 9054: One; 1637: Overturning (veh); 1653: Run off the road (accid); 1665: Safety; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 6555: Statistics; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01379762
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 2 2012 9:30AM