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Rollovers continue to be a major source of heavy truck fatalities when compared to other accident modes. Real world rollover accidents are analyzed and two distinct damage patterns are identified. Damage to heavy truck roofs can occur from lateral loading that transitions to vertical roof loading as the vehicle rolls onto its side and then over onto its roof. A second load path can occur when the vehicle has rolled onto its side and furrows into the ground generating large longitudinal friction forces between the roof and ground. A review of the previous literature and various test methodologies are presented. A sled impact test methodology is presented which allows for structural assessment of a heavy truck cab's crashworthiness in both of these loading environments. Two test series are presented using the sled impact test methodology in order to analyze real world truck rollovers using varying impact platen and contact angles. The structural deformation and failure patterns were found to be consistent with damage seen in real world accident vehicles. In each case, a second equivalent truck cab was then reinforced and tested under similar conditions to evaluate the energy management and crush resistance of a stronger cab structure. These structural reinforcements demonstrated a substantial reduction in roof crush and protected the survival space of the occupant compartment. The sled impact test procedure is an effective method for testing the structural performance of a heavy truck cab in a variety of loading scenarios comparable to real world accidents and ascertaining the load and energy load levels in these accident modes.
Teil 1, Informations- und Kommunikationstechniken zur Optimierung des Betriebsdienst-Managements: In vielen Arbeits- und Organisationsprozessen des Straßenbetriebsdienstes werden Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IuK-Technologien) eingesetzt, um Arbeitsabläufe einfacher, besser und sicherer zu gestalten sowie umfassende Daten für die Abrechnung und weitere Planung bereit zu stellen. Die Potenziale der IuK-Technologien werden im Straßenbetriebsdienst häufig nur unvollständig genutzt. Ziel des FE-Vorhabens war die systematische Aufbereitung von Anforderungen und Möglichkeiten der IuK-Technologien. Die Anforderungen des Straßenbetriebsdienstes an den Einsatz der IuK-Technologien berücksichtigen neben der derzeitigen Praxis auch künftige Entwicklungen, die sich beispielsweise aus der Einführung der wirtschaftlichkeitsorientierten Steuerung des Betriebsdienstes ergeben. Damit IuK-Technologien erfolgreich betrieben werden können, ist neben Funktionalität und Qualität der technischen Komponenten auch die Berücksichtigung der organisatorischen und betrieblichen Abläufe im Straßenbetriebsdienst von großer Bedeutung. In den Untersuchungen zur mobilen Sprach- und Datenkommunikation wurde deutlich, dass bei Auslaufen des Analogfunks neben dem Aufbau eigenständiger Digitalfunknetze auch die Nutzung des kommerziellen Mobilfunks in Betracht gezogen werden sollte. Wesentliche Grundlagen für die wirtschaftliche Steuerung sind die automatisierte Einsatzdatenerfassung sowie ein umfassendes Bestandsdatenmanagement, wobei Bestandsobjekte auch mit Hilfe von RFID-Chips identifiziert werden können. Im Winterdienst sollten verstärkt berührungslose Sensoren für die Erfassung von Fahrbahntemperatur und "zustand zum Einsatz kommen. Salzmanagementsysteme ermöglichen u.a. die Überwachung von Streustoffvorräten an nicht besetzten Standorten sowie eine übergeordnete Logistik bei Lieferengpässen. Wichtig sind auch Systeme zur Unterstützung der Fahrer von Winterdienstfahrzeugen, durch die Einsätze anforderungsgerechter und flexibler erfolgen können. Es wurden auch innovative IuK-Technologien analysiert, die große Potentiale für den Straßenbetriebsdienst erkennen lassen. Hierzu zählen die mobile Erfassung des Straßenzustandes für den Winterdienst durch Einsatzfahrzeuge oder Fahrzeuge des Individualverkehrs, alternative Kommunikationswege für die Warnung der Verkehrsteilnehmer vor Arbeitsstellen im Verkehrsraum sowie das autonome Fahren von Absperr- und Vorwarnanhängern, durch das die Gefährdung des Personals im Verkehrsraum deutlich reduziert werden kann. Es besteht jedoch noch erheblicher Forschungs- und Entwicklungsbedarf, um diese Technologien effizient im Straßenbetriebsdienst einzusetzen sowie ihren Nutzen umfassend bewerten zu können. Teil 2, Autonomes Fahren für den Straßenbetriebsdienst: Mitarbeiter des Betriebsdienstes sind in Arbeitsstellen auf Autobahnen enormen Unfallgefahren ausgesetzt. Weiterhin erfordert die Sicherung von Arbeitsstellen kürzerer Dauer (AkD) einen hohen personellen und zeitlichen Aufwand. Das FE-Projekt "Informations- und Kommunikationstechniken zur Optimierung des Betriebsdienst-Managements" zeigte, dass die Anwendung autonomer Fahrzeuge im Betriebsdienst die Gefährdung des Personals im Verkehrsraum reduzieren kann. In Ergänzung dazu wurde der Entwicklungsansatz "Autonomes Fahren für den Straßenbetriebsdienst" konkretisiert. Eine untersuchte Minimallösung beinhaltet ein autonom fahrendes Absperrfahrzeug, welches einem Führungsfahrzeug auf der Autobahn folgt. In einem zweiten Gesamtkonzept ist die Automatisierung einer gesamten Absicherungskolonne mit Absperr- und Vorwarnfahrzeugen incl. der unbemannten Anfahrt zur Autobahn auf nicht öffentlichen Straßen vorgesehen. In der technischen Umsetzung handelt es sich bei den Einsatzszenarien der unbemannten Fahrzeuge um Formationsfahrten oder Folgefahrt-Szenarien auf der Autobahn. Unbemannte Fahrzeuge mit den dargestellten Funktionsweisen können deutliche Sicherheitssteigerungen für Betriebsdienstmitarbeiter bieten. Eine erste Abschätzung ergab, dass rund 70 % der Mitarbeiter, welche in AkD auf Autobahnen beim Aufenthalt in Fahrzeugen verunglücken, durch den Einsatz unbemannter Arbeitsstellensicherung geschützt werden können. Dies entspricht rund der Hälfte der insgesamt bei Unfällen in AkD verunglückten Mitarbeiter. Für die Realisierung unbemannter Sicherungsfahrzeuge sind viele technische Fragestellungen zu klären, insbesondere bezüglich der Prognose und Detektion von Fehlfunktionen. Für den Einsatz der vorgeschlagenen Systeme ist eine allgemeine Genehmigung für den täglichen Betrieb notwendig. Hierzu sind zahlreiche rechtliche Fragestellungen zu beantworten. Somit kann die Implementierung unbemannter Sicherungsfahrzeuge im Betriebsdienst als Pilotprojekt für unbemanntes Fahren im Allgemeinen bzw. in anderen Branchen dienen.
Nowadays human-created systems are increasing in complexity due to the interaction of humans and technology. Especially road traffic systems are composed of multitudinous resources (e.g. personnel, vehicles, organizations, etc.), which make it even harder to anticipate the positive and negative effects on safety. One key in achieving a significant reduction of fatalities is seen in driver assistant systems counterbalancing the lack of drivers' capabilities. But the actual outcome of implementing these sophisticated technologies especially on influencing driver's capabilities are yet unknown. Latest research exemplifies an increase of reaction times of drivers in case of dysfunctional driver assistant systems. This research paper applies STAMP/STPA (STAMP = systems-theoretic accident model and processes; STPA = systems-theoretic process analysis) to the German automobile traffic system focusing on the effects of driver assistant systems on drivers. By doing so, the potential hazards caused by technology can be identified.
The strong prevalence of human error as a crash causation factor in motorcycle accidents calls for countermeasures that help tackling this issue. Advanced rider assistance systems pursue this goal, providing the riders with support and thus contributing to the prevention of crashes. However, the systems can only enhance riding safety if the riders use them. For this reason, acceptance is a decisive aspect to be considered in the development process of such systems. In order to be able to improve behavioural acceptance, the factors that influence the intention to use the system need to be identified. This paper examines the particularities of motorcycle riding and the characteristics of this user group that should be considered when predicting the acceptance of advanced rider assistance systems. Founded on theories predicting behavioural intention, the acceptance of technologies and the acceptance of driver support systems, a model on the acceptance of advanced rider assistance systems is proposed, including the perceived safety when riding without support, the interface design and the social norm as determinants of the usage intention. Since actual usage cannot be measured in the development stage of the systems, the willingness to have the system installed on the own motorcycle and the willingness to pay for the system are analyzed, constituting relevant conditions that allow for actual usage at a later stage. Its validation with the results from user tests on four advanced rider assistance systems allows confirming the social norm and the interface design as powerful predictors of the acceptance of ARAS, while the extent of perceived safety when riding without support did not have any predictive value in the present study.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Informal Group on GTR No. 7 Phase 2 are working to define a build level for the BioRID II rear impact (whiplash) crash test dummy that ensures repeatable and reproducible performance in a test procedure that has been proposed for future legislation. This includes the specification of dummy hardware, as well as the development of comprehensive certification procedures for the dummy. This study evaluated whether the dummy build level and certification procedures deliver the desired level of repeatability and reproducibility. A custom-designed laboratory seat was made using the seat base, back, and head restraint from a production car seat to ensure a representative interface with the dummy. The seat back was reinforced for use in multiple tests and the recliner mechanism was replaced by an external spring-damper mechanism. A total of 65 tests were performed with 6 BioRID IIg dummies using the draft GTR No.7 sled pulse and seating procedure. All dummies were subject to the build, maintenance, and certification procedures defined by the Informal Group. The test condition was highly repeatable, with a very repeatable pulse, a well-controlled seat back response, and minimal observed degradation of seat foams. The results showed qualitatively reasonable repeatability and reproducibility for the upper torso and head accelerations, as well as for T1 Fx and upper neck Fx. However, reproducibility was not acceptable for T1 and upper neck Fz or for T1 and upper neck My. The Informal Group has not selected injury or seat assessment criteria for use with BioRID II, so it is not known whether these channels would be used in the regulation. However, the ramping-up behavior of the dummy showed poor reproducibility, which would be expected to affect the reproducibility of dummy measurements in general. Pelvis and spine characteristics were found to significantly influence the dummy measurements for which poor reproducibility was observed. It was also observed that the primary neck response in these tests was flexion, not extension. This correlates well with recent findings from Japan and the United States showing a correlation between neck flexion and injury in accident replication simulations and postmortem human subjects (PMHS) studies, respectively. The present certification tests may not adequately control front cervical spine bumper characteristics, which are important for neck flexion response. The certification sled test also does not include the pelvis and so cannot be used to control pelvis response and does not substantially load the lumbar bumpers and so does not control these parts of the dummy. The stiffness of all spine bumpers and of the pelvis flesh should be much more tightly controlled. It is recommended that a method for certifying the front cervical bumpers should be developed. Recommendations are also made for tighter tolerance on the input parameters for the existing certification tests.
Die temperierte Straße
(2013)
Eine temperierte Straße? Bei genauerer Betrachtung weist die Vision einer temperierten Fahrbahnoberfläche überzeugende Vorteile auf und ist technisch bereits heute umsetzbar, wie eine Reihe von Projekten weltweit belegt. Im Rahmen der vorgestellten Machbarkeitsstudie wurden die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Fahrbahntemperierung untersucht. Unter Berücksichtigung unterschiedlicher Asphalt- und Speicherkonzepte sowie der in Deutschland vorherrschenden geologischen und klimatischen Randbedingungen erfolgte eine Auswertung der Wirksamkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit eines energetischen Gesamtsystems aus Fahrbahn, Speicher und Gebäude. Die Studie stellt die Rahmenbedingungen für eine Realisierung einer solchen Anlage dar. In vorangegangenen Forschungsvorhaben wurde deutlich, dass sich mit einer Fahrbahnheizung, abgesehen vom volkswirtschaftlichen Nutzen, aus der gesteigerten Verkehrssicherheit nur ein geringer betriebswirtschaftlicher Nutzen aus eingesparten Winterdiensteinsätzen erzielen lässt. Im nächsten Schritt wurde daher der Nutzen einer Kühlung der Fahrbahndecke im Sommer, die sich insbesondere bei Asphaltdeckschichten als vorteilhaft erweist, in die Betrachtung einbezogen. Bei den zugehörigen thermodynamischen Simulationen zeigte sich ein erheblicher Energieüberschuss in der Jahresbilanz. Daher war es nur folgerichtig, für diese Energie mögliche Abnehmer zu suchen. Im Gegensatz zu den erst im Verlauf des Nutzungszeitraums entstehenden Einsparungen aus der Kühlung der Fahrbahnoberfläche können aus einem solchen Verkauf erneuerbarer Energie ganz konkret und kurzfristig Einnahmen generiert werden. Es zeigt sich, dass mit der ganzjährigen Klimatisierung angrenzender Gebäude zwar Einnahmen erzielt werden können, die Wirtschaftlichkeit aber durch die Kosten für die Speicherung bestimmt wird. Letztlich scheint die Umsetzung einer solchen Anlage immer dann wirtschaftlich darstellbar, wenn die geologischen, klimatischen und topografischen Rahmenbedingungen eine effiziente Speicherung der Energie zulassen.
To improve vehicle safety in frontal collisions, the crash compatibility between the colliding vehicles is crucial. Compatibility aims to improve both the self and partner protection properties of vehicles. Although compatibility has received worldwide attention for many years, no final assessment approach has been defined. Within the Frontal Impact and Compatibility Assessment Research (FIMCAR) project, different frontal impact test procedures (offset deformable barrier [ODB] test as currently used for Economic Commission for Europe [ECE] R94, progressive deformable barrier test as proposed by France for a new ECE regulation, moveable deformable barrier test as discussed worldwide, full-width rigid barrier test as used in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard [FMVSS] 208, and full-width deformable barrier test) were analyzed regarding their potential for future frontal impact legislation. The research activities focused on car-to-car frontal impact accidents based on accident investigations involving newer cars. Test procedures were developed with both a crash test program and numerical simulations. The proposal from FIMCAR is to use a full-width test procedure with a deformable element and compatibility metrics in combination with the current offset test as a frontal impact assessment approach that also addresses compatibility. By adding a full-width test to the current ODB test it is possible to better address the issues of structural misalignment and injuries resulting from high acceleration accidents as observed in the current fleet. The estimated benefit ranges from a 5 to 12 percent reduction of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from frontal impact accidents. By using a deformable element in the full-width test, the test conditions are more representative of real-world situations with respect to acceleration pulse, restraint system triggering time, and deformation pattern of the front structure. The test results are therefore expected to better represent real-world performance of the tested car. Furthermore, the assessment of the structural alignment is more robust than in the rigid wall test.
With an ever rising human life expectancy the share of elderly people in society is constantly rising. This leads to the fact that at the same rate the share of people with age related diseases such as dementia and poor eyesight taking part in traffic will rise and therefore traffic accidents caused by this group of people due to the disease will play an ever greater role. This Situation will be among the future challenges of road safety work. At present this study displays specific characteristics of accidents caused by elderly car drivers (aged 65 or higher) based on the analysis of the German In-Depth Accident Study GIDAS. Herein almost 1000 elderly car drivers were identified as accident participants in the years 2008 to 2011. The focus of this study lies on identifying special types of accidents which are caused by elderly drivers and on characterizing these types with the information gathered on scene and by interviewing the participants. The main evidence analyzed is the knowledge about the accident locality, the trajectories of the participants as well as the reasons for the occurrence of the accidents. Furthermore personal information such as the personal condition before the accident and driving purposes is used to identify patterns of contributing circumstances for accidents caused by elderly traffic participants.
Immediate user self-evacuation is crucial in case of fire in road tunnels. This study investigated the effects of information with or without additional virtual reality (VR) behavioural training on self-evacuation during a simulated emergency situation in a road tunnel. Forty-three participants were randomly assigned to three groups with accumulating preventive training: The control group only filled in questionnaires, the informed group additionally read an information brochure on tunnel safety, and the VR training group received an additional behavioural training in a VR tunnel scenario. One week later, during the test session, all participants conducted a drive through a real road tunnel in which they were confronted with a collision of two vehicles and intense smoke. The informed and the behaviourally trained participants evacuated themselves more reliably from the tunnel than participants of the control group. Trained participants showed better and faster behavioural responses than informed only participants. Interestingly, the few participants in the control group who reacted adequately to the scenario were all female. A 1 year follow-up online questionnaire showed a decrease of safety knowledge, but still the trained group had somewhat more safety relevant knowledge than the two other groups. Information and especially VR behavioural training both seem promising to foster adequate self-evacuation during crisis situations in tunnels, although long term beneficial behavioural effects have to be demonstrated. Measures aiming to improve users/ behaviour should take individual difference such as gender into account.
Since 2008, the authors inspected fatal traffic accidents on the spot every year, with the cooperation of Toyota police station in Aichi pref. In the jurisdiction, numbers of fatal accidents were 18 in 2008, 12 in 2009, 14 accidents in 2010, and 16 in 2011. We here report the results of our analysis of information obtained by detailed inspection for those that occurred from 2008 to 2010. We focused on vehicle-to-pedestrian accidents, which accounted for about 45% of all accidents in 2008. Because many accidents occurred on residential roads not far from pedestrians" homes, it was revealed that the decrease of the collision speed by traffic calming such as humps and zone speed management, was highly effective. On the other hand, pedestrian detection technologies seemed to be also effective as a countermeasure on vehicle side. Every pedestrian position against a vehicle was clarified and TTC (Time to Collision) was calculated provisionally. Pedestrian accidents in intersections were also examined. Among the intersection pedestrian accidents within the jurisdiction, compared with the national average in Japan, the ratio of intersections without a signal and the ratio without a pedestrian crossing were high. According to the comparison of the Japanese traffic accident patterns between 2001 and 2008, pedestrian accidents during turning right and turning left did not decrease much. For elderly drivers, these accidents occurred very often. Finally, single vehicle accidents were analysed with the accident pattern analysis methods used above. There were high numbers of single vehicle accidents against object on single roads. Although fatal accidents against guardrails decreased, the numbers of fatal accidents against a utility pole and a sign pole were nearly constant. As for the impact with narrow width objects such as utility poles, the fatality rate was very high, and countermeasures of both road infrastructure and vehicles seem to be effective.