Development of a Traffic Simulator for Evaluating Safety Systems

A traffic simulator called STREET was developed to test whether safety systems perform as designed and evaluates how well safety systems reduce traffic accidents. STREET was composed so as to reproduce traffic flows on road networks and to simulate traffic accidents caused by "human error" in a driver's behaviour. In validation of STREET, its simulated traffic flows almost entirely agree with actual ones. It is confirmed that STREET could evaluate the performance of safety systems and the effectiveness of safety systems for traffic accident reductions. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134653.

• Authors:
  • MORI, H
  • Iwase, Tatsuya
  • KITAOKA, H
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8p
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13th ITS WORLD CONGRESS, LONDON, 8-12 OCTOBER 2006

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Driving; Errors; Evaluation; Human factors; Prevention; Safety; Simulation; Traffic control; Traffic flow
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 8525: Conference; 1855: Driving (veh); 6440: Error; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2257: Human factor; 9103: Simulation; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01083810
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2008 12:18PM