Analysis of Target Crashes and ITS/Countermeasure Actions

Details

• Creators:
  Najm, Wassim G ; Mironer, Mark ; Fraser, Lynn C
• Corporate Creators:
  ITS America
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Countermeasures
  • Crash causes
  • Crash types
  • Crashes
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Rear end crashes
  • Safety
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  ITS America
• Abstract:
  This paper summarizes some of the results of a three-year project that was undertaken by the Research and Special Programs Administration's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) to: (a) identify crash causal factors and applicable intelligent transportation systems (ITS) countermeasures; (b) model crash scenarios, and avoidance maneuvers; (c) provide preliminary estimates of countermeasure effectiveness when appropriate; and (d) identify research and data needs. Eight target crash types were examined: rear-end; backing; lane change and merge; single-vehicle roadway departure; opposite direction; signalized intersection, straight crossing path; unsignalized intersection, straight crossing path; and left turn across path crashes. This paper identifies target crash subtypes and causal factors determined during a case-by-case examination of a sample of crashes drawn from two National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) accident databases; defines and categorizes ITS countermeasure system concepts; and includes a sample of kinematic models representing crash-avoidance actions.
• Content Notes:
  Intelligent Transportation: Serving the User Through Deployment. Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of ITS America. Location: Washington, D.C. Date: 1995-3-15 to 1995-3-17
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57352/dot_57352_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 207.57 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a02329c748bd98695a9db7ed7e9bdd41a3f1f3d96869d7e53452188588d19cb7