EVALUATION OF A MAYDAY SYSTEM - PHASE ONE RESULTS

Run-off-the-road accidents are the most common cause of highway fatalities. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, over 6 million of these accidents were reported during 1991 alone. Rapid response to run-off-the-road and other accidents can help reduce the number of resulting deaths. The Mayday Operational Test is one of the United States federally-sponsored intelligent transportation systems (ITS) projects currently being conducted to address this need. The Mayday project operational test has developed the necessary infrastructure to support an emergency notification system throughout a 12,000-square-mile test area in central Colorado. Vehicles can be equipped with a low-cost device that, in the event of an emergency, can transmit location and type of distress information to an emergency dispatch center. By reporting locations accurately and immediately, the Mayday operational test equipment is already demonstrating its potential. Soon, 2,000 vehicles will be deployed by Mayday, providing drivers with a lifeline to the Colorado State Patrol. This paper describes the Mayday project and presents the Phase One evaluation results.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Five volumes of papers and one volume of abstracts comprise the published set of conference materials.
• Corporate Authors:

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  TORANOMOM 34 MORI BUILDING 1-25-5
  TORANOMON, MINATOKU, TOKYO 105  Japan 
• Authors:
  • HILL, C
  • Siviter, J
  • Deeter, D
• Conference:
  • Steps Forward. Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress
  • Location: Yokohama, Japan
  • Date: 1995-11-9 to 1995-11-11
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1363

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data communications; Dispatching; Distress signals; Emergency communication systems; Hazards and emergency operations; Intelligent transportation systems; Location; Ran off road crashes; Single vehicle crashes; Vehicle body parts; Vehicle components
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Distress communications
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00723401
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 1996 12:00AM