Improving safety and mobility of Vulnerable Road Users through ITS applications

ITS Applications have in recent years assisted in reducing the number of fatalities in Europe. However, Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) have not benefited as much as vehicle users. The EU-sponsored VRUITS project assesses the safety and mobility impacts of ITS applications for VRUs, assesses the impacts of current and upcoming ITS applications on the safety and mobility of VRUs, identifies how the usability and efficiency of ITS applications can be improved, and recommends which actions have to be taken at a policy level to improve ITS safety and mobility. This paper describes the results of the first phase of the project, in which the critical scenarios for VRUs are identified starting from accident data analysis, and following a user needs based on focus groups and expert interviews. From this basis, the most promising ITS applications for VRUs are selected according to their potential to address the specific needs of VRUs.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • Scholliers, Johan
  • Bell, Daniel
  • Morris, Andrew
  • García, Alejandra B
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Active safety systems; Advanced vehicle control systems; Cyclists; Driver support systems; Improvements; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Prevention; Safety; Vehicle safety; Visibility
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1462: Active safety system; 1742: Cyclist; 8743: Driver assistance system; 9108: Improvement; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 1665: Safety; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01540760
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 15 2014 10:36AM