Assessing Safety Benefit of Advanced Vehicular Technology for Protecting Pedestrian in Pedestrian-Vehicle Collision

This study proposes a methodology on how to assess the traffic safety benefit of an advanced vehicular technology for protecting pedestrians in pedestrian-vehicle collisions. Safety benefit is defined here as the reduction in the number of pedestrian fatalities due to an advanced vehicular technology. As an application of the proposed methodology, the safety benefit of active hood lift system (AHLS) is assessed. Both actual accident data analyses and simulation experiments are conducted to establish statistical models that are used for estimating the reduction of pedestrian fatalities. It is believed that the proposed methodology and outcomes would be greatly useful in developing various advanced vehicular technologies and establishing more effective traffic safety policies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Oh, Cheol
  • Kang, Youn-soo
  • Kim, Wonkyu
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
• Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: TRB 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Fatalities; Frontal crashes; Hoods; Mathematical models; Methodology; Pedestrians; Regression analysis; Safety engineering; Traffic safety; Vehicle safety
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01044945
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 07-1319
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 8 2007 5:55PM