ACCIDENT DETECTION SYSTEM USING IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

In 1962, Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation started the construction of an inter-city expressway in order to relieve traffic congestion in Osaka and Kobe. At the present, Hanshin Expressway stretches 166 km. However, since it cuts directly through the metropolitan area, traffic accidents sometimes occur at certain sharp curves in the route. The AWAZA curve, where the authors installed the automatic accident detection system by image processing technology, has a high accident rate. Before the installation of this system, it took about fifteen minutes to report an accident, because it was usually reported manually by emergency call or patrol radio. The new system can shorten this period to only two seconds. Then, two seconds after the recognition, a warning message can be shown on the message board above the road 200m before the entrance to the curve. As a result, drivers can avoid rear-end collisions. The traffic control center is informed of an accident within two seconds and can then monitor the scene which is automatically displayed on the VIDEO screen. Then ambulances and tow cars can be sent.

• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

  Road Transport Research Program, 2001 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Tsuge, A
  • Takigawa, H
  • Osuga, K
  • MORISAKI, K
• Conference:
  • OECD Seminar on Advanced Road Transport Technologies. Proceedings. TT3
  • Location: Omiya, Saitama, Japan
  • Date: 1994-6-6 to 1994-6-9
• Publication Date: 1994-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 110-119

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Image processing; Incident detection; Surveillance; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Accident surveillance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00673958
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 14 1995 12:00AM