Modelling the Effects of Road Traffic Safety Measures

A model is presented for assessing the effects of traffic safety measures, based on a breakdown of the process in underlying components of traffic safety (risk and consequence), and five (speed and conflict related) variables that influence these components, and are influenced by traffic safety measures. The relationships between measures, variables and components are modelled as coefficients. The focus is on probabilities rather than historical statistics, although in practice statistics may be needed to find values for the coefficients. The model may in general contribute to improve insight in the mechanisms between traffic safety measures and their safety effects. More specifically it allows comparative analysis of different types of measures by defining an effectiveness index, based on the coefficients. This index can be used to estimate absolute effects of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) related measures from absolute effects of substitutional (in terms of safety effects) infrastructure measures.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Lu, Meng
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 507-517
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coefficients; Driver support systems; Mathematical models; Measures of effectiveness; Probability; Risk analysis; Traffic conflicts; Traffic safety; Traffic speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01023612
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 2006 1:44PM