A methodology for improving road safety by novel infrastructural and invehicle technology combinations

European Transport Research Review

Original Paper

Vincent Marchau¹  Leonie Walta¹  Marion Wiethoff¹  Karel Brookhuis¹  Dick de Waard²  Guenter Wenzel³  Klaas de Brucker⁴  Cathy Macharis⁵ 

[1] Department of Transport Policy & Logistics, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, NL-2628 BX, Delft, the Netherlands;Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;Institute for Human Factors and Technology Management (IAT), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;University College Brussels, Brussels, Belgium;Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Vakgroep MOSI-Transport & Logistics, Brussels, Belgium;

关键词: Road safety;    Safety measures;    Methodological approach;    ADAS;    Forgiving road;    Self explaining road;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s12544-011-0065-2

 received in 2008-09-29, accepted in 2011-11-14,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionStill too many deaths and injuries are a result of road safety limitations within Europe. Road safety measures aimed to change the road environment to reduce the risks on driver errors and to reduce the seriousness of the effects of driver errors are expected to increase road safety. A suitable combination of new technologies with existing infrastructure, or with limited improvements of it, may lead to much more cost-effective solutions (Brookhuis et al. 2006). The In-Safety project was aimed at determining which safety measures are expected to be most effective and in the project also evaluations were performed in pilot sites and modeling laboratories.MethodsThe methodological approach for the selection and prioritization of the initial set of safety measures is presented and discussed, based on an accident analysis. First, the general approach is described, then the method is presented including the definition of a scenario, how accident statistics are used as a starting point, the generation of safety measures, and the method of selection of safety measures. Finally, the AHP multicriteria analysis method, involved in the final prioritisation of the selected safety measures is presented briefly.Results and conclusionThe methodology proves to be appropriate for generating and evaluating self explaining road environment measures and forgiving measures, but safety measures in the urban environment were underrepresented, due to stakeholders’ preferences.

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