JOINT INTERNATIONAL STUDY FOR THE CALIBRATION OF TRAFFIC CONFLICT TECHNIQUES. BACKGROUND PAPER .INTERNATIONAL CALIBRATION STUDY OF TRAFFIC CONFLICTS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP

When a statement on the hazardous nature of a location is needed, accident frequency is often too low to make reliable estimates and additional data are then needed. Conflicts observed during some short period of time are often used as if they were past accidents to estimate the accident potential. The justification for so using a tct depends on its reliability and validity. These concepts are highly related to proper definition of conflicts and proper severity scaling. Validation studies are difficult to accomplish and very expensive. Calibration of conflict techniques is the first step in the process of validation and will be useful to design better studies and interpret future findings.(a) for the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 279243.

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• Authors:
  • Oppe, S
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 199-206
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  • Publication of: Springer Verlag
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Conferences; Data collection; Errors; Injury severity; Methodology; Near midair crashes; Recording; Significance (Statistics)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00499433
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 3-540-12716-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM