Live Stop-Controlled Intersection Data Collection

This report describes an experimental investigation performed at live intersections to gather infrastructure-based naturalistic driver approach behavior data. This data was collected and analyzed with the goal of understanding how drivers approach intersections under various speeds and environmental conditions. Six stop-controlled intersection approaches across five intersections in the New River Valley, Virginia area were selected for data collection. The sites were selected based on the intersection characteristics and crash statistics. Data was collected from each site for at least two months resulting in over sixteen total months of data. A data acquisition system was devised and implemented to obtain the first intersection data set with fidelity sufficient for developing intersection collision avoidance threat assessment algorithms. An explorative analysis of driver stopping behavior and vehicle trajectories was also performed. Results indicate that an intersection collision system for stopcontrolled intersections is feasible. Avenues for future research and potential uses of this new database are highlighted.

• Record URL:
  http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/08-cr2.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/19875
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Center for Truck and Bus Safety, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
  3500 Transportation Research Plaza
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  1401 East Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903
• Authors:
  • Doerzaph, Zachary R
  • Neale, Vicki L
  • Bowman, Jodi
  • Wiegand, Kendra
• Publication Date: 2007-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 81p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Crash data; Crash investigation; Data collection; Infrastructure; Intersections; Travel behavior; Types of intersections; Unsignalized intersections
• Geographic Terms: Virginia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01090211
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTRC 08-CR2, 80637
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 21 2008 8:13AM