In-depth human functional failure analysis of fatal pedestrian accidents in Bavaria

In the course of the European project TRACE all fatally injured pedestrians autopsied at the Institute for Legal Medicine in Munich in 2004 were analysed by using the "Human Functional Failure (HFF) analysis" method. It was possible to apply this method although some restrictions have to be taken into account. The results derived from this analysis comprise 1. the failures of the pedestrians (most often "impairment of sensorimotor and cognitive abilities") and of the opponents (most often " Non-detection in visibility constraints conditions") faced in the accident; 2. the conflicts and tasks (pedestrian crossing the street conflicting with a vehicle from the side which was going ahead on a straight road), the degree of accident involvement (pedestrians often the primary active part), and further the contributing factors to the accident (pedestrians most often "alcohol", opponents most often "visibility constraints").

• Authors:
  • Schick, S
  • Baumgartner, C
  • Dinges, C
  • Horion, S
  • Thorsteindottir, K
  • Hell, W
• Conference:
  • International Symposium on ESAR "Expert Symposium on Accident Research", 3rd, 2008, Hannover, Germany
• Publication Date: 2009-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 344-62
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: F 72

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Drivers; Fatalities; Highway safety; Human factors; Pedestrians
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (human factors)
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• ATRI Terms: Crash analysis; Driver; Fatality; Human factors; Pedestrian; Road safety
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01384351
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 4:28PM