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Verkehr auf der Straße, der Schiene, auf dem Wasser und in der Luft wird von Menschen betrieben, an deren Fähigkeit, ein Fahrzeug zu führen, hohe Anforderungen gestellt werden. Unfälle wird es hierbei immer geben. Technische Mängel am Fahrzeug, aber auch gesundheitliche Defizite oder Beeinträchtigungen des Fahrzeugführers durch Medikamente, Drogen oder Alkohol spielen hierbei eine wesentliche Rolle. Eine Aufgabe der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in der Verkehrsmedizin ist es daher, die Unfallursachen aufzuspüren und Wege zu ihrer Vermeidung aufzuzeigen, sie auf ein Minimum zu reduzieren. In 52 Vorträgen spiegelte sich auf der 31. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Verkehrsmedizin die ganze Spannweite verkehrsmedizinischer Forschung: Unfallursachen-Forschung, die Biomechanik von Unfallabläufen und Verletzungsmustern, die Beeinträchtigung der Verkehrssicherheit durch Alkohol, Drogen und Medikamente, wie auch die messtechnische Erfassung von Ausfallerscheinungen, die Atemalkoholmessung und Beurteilungskriterien zur Fahreignung. Unfälle mit Kindern stellten einen besonders sensiblen Bereich dar, aber auch eine offenbar wenig beachtete Trendwende bei jugendlichen Verkehrsteilnehmern, gerade im Rhein-Main Gebiet: weniger Alkohol, dafür ein vermehrter Missbrauch von Drogen; zwei weitere Schwerpunkte der Tagung. Vermehrte gesetzliche Vorschriften etwa in der Fahrerlaubnisverordnung, erhöhte Anforderungen an die verkehrsmedizinische Begutachtung finden allerdings kaum ihren Niederschlag in der Forschungsförderung. Weitgehend unbemerkt haben sich zum Beispiel die Rahmenbedingungen für die Verkehrsunfall-Forschung im letzten Jahrzehnt derart verschlechtert, dass solide Forschung in diesem Bereich erschwert und zum Teil nicht mehr möglich ist. Neben dem Austausch und der Diskussion neuer Forschungsergebnisse war es daher auch ein Anliegen der Tagung, auf die steigende Bedeutung der Verkehrsmedizin in einer mobilen Gesellschaft hinzuweisen.
Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verkehrsmedizin beschäftigt sich satzungsgemäß mit der Unfallursachenforschung, der Unfallrekonstruktion sowie den physiologischen und psychologischen Voraussetzungen beim Betrieb von Kraftfahrzeugen aller Art und den Leistungseinschränkungen in Abhängigkeit von Lebensalter, Krankheit, Arzneimitteln sowie psychotropen Substanzen. Neben Alkohol als nach wie vor prädominierender psychotroper Substanz nehmen Drogen und Medikamente, hier vor allem Cannabis, heute einen zunehmenden Stellenwert ein. Daher wurde auf der 33. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Verkehrsmedizin der Einfluss von Cannabis auf die Fahrsicherheit und Fahreignung aus Sicht der beteiligten Fachdisziplinen (Medizin, insbesondere Rechtsmedizin; Toxikologie; Psychologie) diskutiert. Kontroversen ergaben sich zu möglichen Grenzwerten absoluter Fahruntüchtigkeit bei Cannabiskonsum, während sich zur Fahreignung nach Cannabiskonsum ein homogeneres Meinungsbild abzeichnete. Vor der zunehmenden Alterspyramide sind die Auswirkungen von Erkrankungen auf Fahreignung und Fahrtüchtigkeit von nach wie vor aktueller Relevanz - auch im Hinblick auf neü Therapiemaßnahmen. Daher wurden auf der 33. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Verkehrsmedizin aus der Sicht klinischer Disziplinen die verkehrsmedizinische Relevanz großer Krankheitsgruppen erörtert und vor dem Hintergrund neuer Erkenntnisse zur Pathogenese und Therapie Begutachtungsleitlinien diskutiert, die teilweise bislang gültige Richtlinien modifizieren. Dies gilt vor allen Dingen für Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen, das Schlaf-Apnoe-Syndrom, den Diabetes mellitus, Anfallsleiden etc. Weitere Schwerpunkte waren die Ermüdung sowie die methodischen Probleme, die sich beim Zusammenwirken von Krankheiten und einer zur Behebung der Krankheitssymptome indizierten Arzneimitteltherapie und ihren jeweiligen Auswirkungen auf die Fahrsicherheit und -eignung ergeben. Zahlreiche weitere Vorträge beschäftigen sich mit der Traumatomechanik, Verletzungsrisiken neuartiger Fahrzeuge (Quads), der Epidemiologie der suchtstoffabhängigen Beeinträchtigung der Verkehrstüchtigkeit und dem beweissicheren Wirkungs- und Substanznachweis. Mehrere Beiträge befassten sich darüber hinaus mit der Begutachtung der Fahreignung aus medizinischer und psychologischer Sicht. Die insgesamt 66 Vorträge auf dem 33. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Verkehrsmedizin spiegeln aktuelle Diskussionen und künftige Entwicklungen innerhalb der Verkehrsmedizin wider.
Innovative Zugangstechniken und digitale Bildauswertung für die Bauwerksprüfung im Zuge von Straßen
(2019)
Deutschland braucht ein zuverlässiges Straßenverkehrssystem. Dafür müssen die Zustände der Brücken und sonstigen Ingenieurbauwerke der Straßen kontinuierlich und umfassend bekannt um rechtzeitig handeln zu können. Neben der regulären visuellen Bauwerksprüfung nach DIN 1076 bieten neue innovative Verfahren große Möglichkeiten der Zugangs- sowie Bilderfassungs- und Bildverarbeitungstechnik. Diese Möglichkeiten gilt es jetzt systematisch zu erkunden und für den Einsatz aufzubereiten
Die Europäischen Normen für Erdarbeiten werden im CEN/TC 396 "Earthworks" erarbeitet. Das Sekretariat des CEN/TC 396 wird vom französischen Normungsinstitut AFNOR gehalten. Die Normungsarbeit wird im DIN-Ausschuss NA 005-05-22 AA "Erdarbeiten (SpA zu CEN/TC 396), Gemeinschaftsausschuss mit FGSV GA 5.01" gespiegelt. Vertreter des Spiegelausschussesarbeiten in den verschiedenen Arbeitsgruppen (working groups (WG)) des CEN/TC 396 mit. In den Jahren 2009 und 2010 wurden die Gremien konstituiert und mit der Normungsarbeit begonnen, zunächst überwiegend durch die Zusammenstellung der vorhandenen Regelungen in den Mitgliedsstaaten (siehe auch Beitrag Vogel/Leister/Heyer zur Erd- und Grundbautagung 2013). Im November 2014 wurden vom CEN/TC 396 die Arbeitsaufträge("work items") offiziell gestartet.
Die Länderarbeitsgemeinschaften Bodenschutz (LABO), Abfall (LAGA) und Wasser (LAWA) haben im September 2005 das Bundesumweltministerium gebeten, bundeseinheitliche, rechtsverbindliche Anforderungen an die Verwertung von mineralischen Abfällen in technischen Bauwerken und in bodenähnlichen Anwendungen zu regeln. Die Umweltministerien der Länder haben in ihren Stellungnahmen zum 2. Arbeitsentwurf der Mantelverordnung Forderungen gestellt, bei deren Umsetzung der Einsatz von mineralischen Ersatzbaustoffen im Verkehrswegebau stark eingeschränkt und unwirtschaftlich würde. Der Wille zur Schonung natürlicher Ressourcen ist nicht erkennbar. Anforderungen an Straßenbauwerke, an den Umweltschutz und an die Kreislaufwirtschaft konkurrieren in vielen Bereichen miteinander. Im Gesetzgebungsverfahren sind bisher trotz Gesprächen zwischen den Ressorts auf Arbeitsebene in grundlegenden Aspekten keine Einigung oder von Allen tragbare Kompromisse erzielt worden. Der Verkehrswegebau ist Hauptabnehmer der Ersatzbaustoffe, geht mit großen Mengen des Primärbaustoffs "Boden" um, ist aber auch "Abfallerzeuger". In der Mantelverordnung werden Regelungen getroffen, die stark in die Belange des Straßenbaus eingreifen. Aus diesem Grund ist die Beteiligung der Straßenbauverwaltung erforderlich, um die bautechnische und bauvertragliche Kompetenz sicher zu stellen, das Potenzial für Boden- und Grundwasserschutz auszuschöpfen und natürliche Ressourcen zu schonen. Die wichtigsten Aspekte zum umweltgerechten Einsatz von Boden und Ersatzbaustoffen aus der Sicht des Straßenbaus werden vorgestellt.
Die Europäischen Normen für Erdarbeiten werden im CEN/TC 396 "Earthworks" erarbeitet. Das Sekretariat des CEN/TC 396 wird vom französischen Normungsinstitut AFNOR gehalten. Die Normungsarbeit wird im DIN-Ausschuss NA 005-05-22 AA "Erdarbeiten (SpA zu CEN/TC 396), Gemeinschaftsausschuss mit FGSV GA 5.01" gespiegelt. Vertreter des Spiegelausschusses arbeiten in den verschiedenen Arbeitsgruppen (Working Groups (WG)) des CEN/TC 396 mit. In den Jahren 2009 und 2010 wurden die Gremien konstituiert und mit der Normungsarbeit begonnen, zunächst überwiegend durch die Zusammenstellung der vorhandenen Regelungen in den Mitgliedsstaaten (siehe auch Beitrag Vogel/Leister/Heyer zur Erd- und Grundbautagung 2013). Im November 2014 wurden vom CEN/TC 396 die Arbeitsaufträge ("work items") offiziell gestartet.
Die Länderarbeitsgemeinschaften Bodenschutz (LABO), Abfall (LAGA) und Wasser (LAWA) haben im September 2005 das Bundesumweltministerium gebeten, bundeseinheitliche, rechtsverbindliche Anforderungen an die Verwertung von mineralischen Abfällen in technischen Bauwerken und in bodenähnlichen Anwendungen zu regeln. Die Umweltministerien der Länder haben in ihren Stellungnahmen zum 2. Arbeitsentwurf der Mantelverordnung Forderungen gestellt, bei deren Umsetzung der Einsatz von mineralischen Ersatzbaustoffen im Verkehrswegebau stark eingeschränkt und unwirtschaftlich würde. Der Wille zur Schonung natürlicher Ressourcen ist nicht erkennbar. Anforderungen an Straßenbauwerke, an den Umweltschutz und an die Kreislaufwirtschaft konkurrieren in vielen Bereichen miteinander. Im Gesetzgebungsverfahren sind bisher trotz Gesprächen zwischen den Ressorts auf Arbeitsebene in grundlegenden Aspekten keine Einigung oder von Allen tragbare Kompromisse erzielt worden. Der Verkehrswegebau ist Hauptabnehmer der Ersatzbaustoffe, geht mit großen Mengen des Primärbaustoffs "Boden" um, ist aber auch "Abfallerzeuger". In der Mantelverordnung werden Regelungen getroffen, die stark in die Belange des Straßenbaus eingreifen. Aus diesem Grund ist die Beteiligung der Straßenbauverwaltung erforderlich, um die bautechnische und bauvertragliche Kompetenz sicher zu stellen, das Potenzial für Boden- und Grundwasserschutz auszuschöpfen und natürliche Ressourcen zu schonen. Die wichtigsten Aspekte zum umweltgerechten Einsatz von Boden und Ersatzbaustoffen aus der Sicht des Straßenbaus werden vorgestellt.
Im September 2013 wurde der 2. CEDR Call (Conference of European Directors of Roads, Call 2013), der eine Summe von ca. 5,3 Mio Euro umfasst, veröffentlicht. Im Rahmen der länderübergreifen europäischen Forschung waren fünf Themen der künftigen strategischen Forschungsplanung und dem anstehenden Forschungsbedarf durch Befragung der europäischen nationalen Straßenbauverwaltungen identifiziert worden: Energieeffizienz, Verkehrssicherheit, Alternde Infrastruktur, Straßen und Umwelt, Verkehrsmanagement. Im Rahmen von Workshops waren zuvor zu diesen fünf Themen "Descriptions of Research Needs" (DoRNs) erarbeitet worden, welche zusammen mit dem Call veröffentlicht wurden. Die wesentlichen Inhalte der DoRNS werden im Beitrag kurz beschrieben.
Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes Cyber-Safe fand am 10. März 2016 bei der Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt) in Bergisch Gladbach ein Workshop zum Thema "Steigerung der IT-Sicherheit von Verkehrs- und Tunnelleitzentralen" statt. An diesem Workshop beteiligten sich 40 Experten der Verkehrs- und Tunnelüberwachung. Die Tätigkeitsfelder der Teilnehmer reichten von Tunneloperatoren über Tunnelmanager und IT-Fachleute bis hin zu Sicherheitsbeauftragten.
Bus or heavy vehicle passenger accidents are rare events, compared with car accidents, but sometimes leads to a large number of victims especially in rollover crash scenarios. Two accidents occurred in Portugal in 2007 and 2013 in which 28 people died and more than 50 are injured, shown the importance of the investigation of such accidents. For the investigation of these accidents multidisciplinary teams are constituted with engineers and police officers. All the factors involved are taken into consideration including road design, traffic signs, maintenance and hardware, human factors, and vehicle factors. In this work a methodology to an accurate collection of the data is proposed. From the information collected the accident is reconstructed using the PC-CrashTM software. From this all the contribution factors are determined and recommendations to mitigate these crashes are listed. These two accidents are rollover accidents and the analysis of the injuries and its correlation with the use of retention systems is very important. From the medical data and with the dynamics of the accident determined simulations of the occupants with biomechanical models are carried out in order to evaluate the effect of the retention systems in the injuries. This analysis is based on injury criteria (such as Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS) or Injury Severity Scale (ISS)). With this it is possible to determine if the seat belt was worn or not.
Since its creation in 2011 the Pre-Crash-Matrix (PCM) offers the possibility to observe the pre-crash phase until five seconds before crash for a wide range of accidents. Currently the PCM contains more than 8.000 reconstructed accidents out of the GIDAS (German In-Depth Accident Study) database and is enlarged continuously by more than 1.000 cases per year. Hence, a detailed investigation of active safety systems in real accident situations has been made feasible. The PCM contains all relevant data in database format to simulate the pre-crash phase until the first collision of the accident for a maximum of two participants. This includes the definition of the participants and their characteristics, the dynamic behavior of the participants as time-dependent course for five seconds before crash as well as the geometry of the traffic infrastructure. The digital sketch of the accident and information from GIDAS as well as from supplementary databases represent the main input for the simulation of the pre-crash phase of an accident with the VUFO simulation model VAST (Vufo Accident Simulation Tool). This simulation in turn embodies the foundation of the PCM. The PCM underlies continual improvements and enhancements in consultation with its users. In addition to collisions of cars with other cars, pedestrians, bicycles and motorcycles the PCM now also covers car to object and car to truck collisions. The paper illustrates car to truck collisions as a showcase and explains perspectives for further developments. In 2016 a more detailed definition of the contour of the vehicle was added. Furthermore, the geometrical surroundings of the accident site will be provided in a new structure with a higher level of detail. Thus, a precise classification of road marks and objects is possible to further improve the support of developing and evaluating ADAS. This paper gives an overview about the latest developments of the PCM with its innovations and provides an outlook to upcoming enhancements. Besides potential areas of application for the development of ADAS are shown.
This work describes the results of the experimental activity, illustrating the driving behavior observed in different conditions, relating them to the different methods of ADAS intervention and comparing the driver behavior without ADAS. In the present study, driver behavior was studied in road accidents involving elderly pedestrians, with different ADAS HMIs, as a base to develop a driver model in near missing pedestrian accidents. A literature research was conducted with the aim of finding out the main influencing factors, including environment, boundary conditions, configuration of impact, pedestrian and driver information, when pedestrian fatalities occur and an analysis of frequent road accidents was conducted to get more detailed information about the driver- behavior. In order to obtain more detailed information about pedestrian accidents, real road accidents were reconstructed with multibody simulations on PC-Crash and, by the comparison between literature findings and reconstructions, a generic accident scenario was defined. The generic accident scenario was implemented on the full scale dynamic driving simulator in use at the Laboratory for Safety and Traffic Accident Analysis (LaSIS, University of Florence, Italy) in order to analyse the driving behaviors of volunteers, also considering the influence of ADAS devices. Forty-five young volunteers were enrolled for this study, resulting in forty valid tests on different testing scenarios. Two different scenarios consisted in driving with or without ADAS in the vehicle. Different kinds of ADAS, acoustic and optical, with different time of intervention were tested in order to study the different reactions of the driver. The tests showed some interesting differences between driver's behavior when approaching the critical situation. Drivers with ADAS reacted earlier, but more slowly, depending also on the type of alarm, and often with double reaction when braking. In fact, the results of the activity showed that with ADAS intervention the time to collision (TTC) increases, but the reaction time and braking modality change: a) there is a sort of "latency" time between the accelerator pedal release and the brake pressure; b) the brake pressure is initially less intense. So the driver only partially takes advance from the TTC increase. These differences were valued not only qualitatively, but quantitatively as well. This work revealed to be useful to improve the knowledge of drivers" behavior, in order to realize a driver model that can be implemented to help attaining and assessing higher levels of automation through new technology.
The advent of active safety systems calls for the development of appropriate testing methods. These methods aim to assess the effectivity of active safety systems based on criteria such as their capability to avoid accidents or lower impact speeds and thus mitigate the injury severity. For prospective effectivity studies, simulation becomes an important tool that needs valid models not only to simulate driving dynamics and safety systems, but also to resolve the collision mechanics. This paper presents an impact model which is based on solving momentum conservation equations and uses it in an effectivity study of a generic collision mitigation system in reconstructed real accidents at junctions. The model assumes an infinitely short crash duration and computes output parameters such as post-crash velocities, delta-v, force directions, etc. and is applicable for all impact collision configurations such as oblique, excentric collisions. Requiring only very little computational effort, the model is especially useful for effectivity studies where large numbers of simulations are necessary. Validation of the model is done by comparison with results from the widely used reconstruction software PC-Crash. Vehicles involved in the accidents are virtually equipped with a collision mitigation system for junctions using the software X-RATE, and the simulations (referred to as system simulations) are started sufficiently early before the collision occurred. In order to assess the effectivity, the real accident (referred to as baseline) is compared with the system simulations by computing the reduction of the impact speeds and delta-v.
Causation of traffic accidents with children from the perspective of all involved participants
(2017)
In the year 2014 about 2,800 children between zero and 14 years got injured due to traffic accidents in Austria. More than 50% were taking part in traffic as active road users like cyclists or pedestrians. Within this study 46 real world traffic accidents between vehicles and children as pedestrians were analysed. In 39 cases, car drivers hit the crossing children. In the other cases, the collision opponents were busses, trucks or motorcycles. Most of the children got hit while crossing a road at urban sites. By analysing the traffic accidents from the perspectives of all involved participants, vehicle drivers and injured children, it is possible to identify factors for each participant, which led to the accident and factors that contributed the accident. The main task is to find patterns in the behaviour of crash victims (children and driver) before the collision. One important fact is that in more than 50% of the analysed cases sight obstructions were an important contributing factor for both, the driver and the child. From drivers view situations in which the child moved unexpected into the driven road lane were often found. For the injured child, factors like: no attention to the road traffic or no sufficient traffic observation were found to be relevant. Further it- possible to sensitise children and adults to possible source of critical traffic situations according to the findings of this study.
For more than a decade, ADAC accident researchers have analysed road accidents with severe injuries, recording some 20,000 accidents. An important task in accident research is to determine the causative factors of road accidents. Apart from vehicle engineering and human factors, accident research also focuses on infrastructural and environmental aspects. To find out what accident scenarios are the most common in ADAC accident research and what driver assistance systems can prevent them, our first task was to conduct a detailed accident analysis. Using CarMaker, we performed a realistic simulation of accident scenarios, including crashes, with varying parameters. To begin with, we made an initial selection of driver assistance systems in order to determine those with the greatest accident prevention potential. One important finding of this study is that the safety potential of the individual driver assistance systems can actually be examined. It also turned out that active safety offers even much more potential for development and innovation than passive safety. At the same time, testing becomes more demanding, too, as new systems keep entering the market, many of them differing in functional details. ADAC will continue to test all driver assistance systems as realistically as possible so as to be able to provide advice to car buyers. Therefore, it will be essential to develop and improve test conditions and criteria.
The proportion of older road users is increasing because of demographic change (in the group 65+ from current 18% to about 24% by 2030). The mobility needs of people 65+ often differ from those of younger people. Seniors (65+) are already more involved in fatal accidents than younger road users. According to the age development, the senior share of road deaths in the EU of today is increasing nearly one-fifth to one-third. From the in-depth analysis of accidents generic simulation models were developed. Attention has been paid both to psycho-physical characteristics as well as on the social and physical environment and their specifics in conjunction with seniors. By simulating the defined scenarios and varying the defined relevant parameters, accident influencing factors were examined as a basis for avoidance. In addition, the parameters were varied to show the influence from the vehicle, the pedestrian and the infrastructure to avoid the accident or to characterize the conditions for which the accident is inevitable.
Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents in Japan are rear-end collisions, and of these, 13% are multiple collisions (three or more vehicles and/or roadside objects). A post-crash braking system enables the driver to stop the vehicle in a short distance after a rear-end collision to prevent secondary collisions. In this study, the effectiveness of a post-crash braking system was examined using a drive recorder database. In 64% of rear-end collisions, the driver's braking was interrupted after the collision. The stopping distance was estimated with time data from the drive recorder. We predict that the brake assist would be effective in preventing secondary collisions in 21% of cases.
For the determination of the road surface roughness common methods have been established, like Skid Resistance Tester (SRT) or the Sideway-force Coefficient Routine Investigation Machine (SCRIM). Both methods are used to measure a comparable and reliable maximum friction potential value and to assess the quality of the road surface. However, the comparison of the measurements under real conditions and the results of measurements with SRT and SCRIM showed only minor correlations. The paper shows the comparison between these standardised methods and real vehicle braking tests and discusses the results.
In this study, the mean profile depth (MPD) that expresses roughness of road pavements was calculated using the road survey equipment vehicle and the calculated MPD was compared with the real number of traffic accidents. The analysis method used in this study was to classify the appropriate clustering in relation to traffic accidents using the K-means clustering and to compare this with the presence of traffic accidents via the MPDs to derive the result. K-means clustering was used in the analysis method and four clusters were found using the clustering analysis results. The center of each cluster was 0.627, 0.850, 1.118, and 1.237, respectively. The result of this study is expected to be utilized as foundational research in the traffic safety area.
Powered Two Wheeler (Motorcycle) crashes are overrepresented in EU, England, and United States casualty statistics for both fatal and serious injuries. While regional geographic differences are evident for motorcycle size, type, and engine displacement, the casualty statistics consistently indicate significantly higher injury rates for all motorcycle riders when compared to car occupants. Accident analysis and reconstruction of these motorcycle crashes is a necessary process to gain further understanding of potential injury mitigation strategies. This paper focuses on the analysis of the rider post impact trajectory in the immediate moments following a crash. The rider and motorcycle, while loosely coupled by seating position leading up to a crash, quickly decouple as the crash forces develop. As a result, the rider moves relative to the motorcycle and relative to the collision partner. This movement, or trajectory, is primarily influenced by the type and configuration of the impact, the type and configuration of the motorcycle and collision partner, and the speeds involved. Understanding the rider's post impact trajectory will assist in the development of injury mitigation strategies. Both the free flight trajectory of the rider and the rider's trajectory as influenced by interaction with the motorcycle and collision partner are examined. Rider trajectories in full scale crash testing and real world motorcycle crashes are both studied and presented. The resulting physical evidence that can be observed by an accident analyst is discussed. The application of projectile motion physics is analyzed and the necessary input parameters, such as initial launch angle, are studied. This study will assist in understanding the post-impact dynamics of a motorcyclist, and will provide useful information to analysts evaluating real world crashes.
Cyclists are more likely to be injured in fatal crashes than motorised vehicles. To gain detailed and precise behavioural data of road users, i.e. trajectories, a measuring campaign was conducted. Therefore, a black-spot for accidents with cyclists in Berlin, Germany was selected. The traffic has been detected by a fully automated traffic video analysis system continuously for twelve hours. The video surveillance system is capable of automatically extracting trajectories, classifying road user types and precise determining and positioning of conflicts and accidents. Additionally, pre-conflict and pre-accident situations could be analysed to provide further in-depth understanding of accident causation. The evaluation of the measuring campaign comprised the investigation of traffic parameters, e.g. traffic flow, as well as traffic-safety related parameters based on Surrogate Safety Measures (SSM). Furthermore, the spatial and temporal distributions of conflicts involving cyclists were determined. As a result, three possible conflict clusters could be identified, of which one cluster could be confirmed by detailed video analysis, showing conflicts caused by right turning vehicles.
Car occupants have a high level of mortality in road accidents, since passenger cars are the prevalent mode of transport. In 2013, car occupant fatalities accounted for 45% of all road accident fatalities in the EU. The objective of this research is the analysis of basic road safety parameters related to car occupants in the European countries over a period of 10 years (2004-2013), through the exploitation of the EU CARE database with disaggregate data on road accidents. Data from the EU Injury Database for the period 2005 - 2008 are used to identify injury patterns, and additional insight into accident causation for car occupants is offered through the use of in-depth accident data from the EC SafetyNet project Accident Causation System (SNACS). The results of the analysis allow for a better understanding of the car occupants' safety situation in Europe, thus providing useful support to decision makers working for the improvement of road safety level in Europe.
Injury probability functions for pedestrians and bicyclists based on real-world accident data
(2017)
The paper is focusing on the modelling of injury severity probabilities, often called as Injury Risk Functions (IRF). These are mathematical functions describing the probability for a defined population and for possible explanatory factors (variables) to sustain a certain injury severity. Injury risk functions are becoming more and more important as basis for the assessment of automotive safety systems. They contribute to the understanding of injury mechanisms, (prospective) evaluation of safety systems and definition of protection criteria or are used within regulation and/or consumer ratings. In all cases, knowledge about the correlation between mechanical behavior and injury severity is needed. IRFs are often based on biomechanical data. This paper is focusing on the derivation of injury probability models from real world accident data of the GIDAS database (German In-depth Accident Study). In contrast to most academic terms there is no explicit term definition or definition of creation processes existing for injury probability models based on empirical data. Different approaches are existing for such kind of models in the field of accident research. There is a need for harmonization in terms of the used methods and data as well as the handling with the existing challenges. These are preparation of the dataset, model assumptions, censored/unknown data, evaluation of model accuracy, definition of dependent and independent variable, and others. In the presented study, several empirical, statistical and phenomenological approaches were analyzed regarding their advantages and disadvantages and also their applicability. Furthermore, the identification of appropriate prediction parameters for the injury severity of pedestrians has been considered. Due to its main effect on injuries of pedestrians and bicyclists, the importance of the secondary impact has also been analyzed. Finally, the model accuracy, evaluated by several criteria, is the rating factor that gives the quality and reliability for application of the resulting models. After the investigation and evaluation of statistical approaches one method was chosen and appropriate prediction variables were examined. Finally, all findings were summarized and injury risk functions for pedestrians in real world accidents were created. Additionally, the paper gives instructions for the interpretation and usage of such functions. The presented results include IRFs for several injury severity levels and age groups. The presented models are based on a high amount of real world accidents and describe very well the injury severity probability of pedestrians and bicyclists in frontal collisions with current vehicles. The functions can serve as basis for the evaluation of effectiveness of systems like Pedestrian-AEB or Bicycle-AEB.
When assessing the consequences of accidents normally the injury severity and the damage costs are considered. The injury severity is either expressed within the police categories (slight injury, severe injury or fatal injury) or the AIS code that rates the fatality risk of a given injury. Both injury metrics are assessing the consequences of the accident directly after the accident. However, not all consequences of accidents are visible directly after the accident and the duration of the consequences are different. Besides a physiological reduction of functionality social and psychological implications such as reduced mobility options, problems to continue the original job etc. are happening. In order to assess long term consequences of accidents the MHH Accident Research Unit established a brief questionnaire that is distributed to accident involved people of the Hannover subset of the GIDAS data set approx. one year after the accident beginning with the accident year 2013. The basic idea of using a brief questionnaire (in fact only one page) is to obtain a relatively large return rate because the questionnaire appears to be simple and quickly answered. This appears to be important because it is believed that the majority of accident involved people will not report long term consequences. In order to allow a more detailed survey amongst those responders that are reporting long term consequences they are asked for a written consent for the additional questionnaire that will be distributed at a time that is not yet defined. Long term consequences are reported for all addressed areas, medical, physiological, psychological and sociological by people without injuries, with minor injuries and with severe injuries.
[Introduction:] A large number of road users involved in road traffic crashes recover from their injuries, but some of them never recover fully and suffer from some kind of permanent disability. In addition to loss of life or reduced quality of life, road accidents carry many and diverse consequences to the survivors such as legal implications, economic burden, job absences, need of care from a third person, home and vehicle adaptations as well as psychological consequences. Within an EU funded project MOVE/C4/SUB/2011-294/SI2.628846 (REHABIL AID) these consequences were analyzed more detailed.
