A new effective approach to accidents prediction to improve roads' design and rehabilitation

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 4, 2004, Pages 5-32

  Benedetto, A ^a,b   Benedetto, C ^a,b   De Blasiis, M R ^a,b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CRISS Inter Universities Research Centre for Road Safety ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident prediction; Driving simulation; Human factors; Neural networks; Road safety; Road safety performance; Safety standard

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREDICTION; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DRIVING SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY STANDARD; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84856081114     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. AASHTO (1997). Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Report by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
2. Aberg, L., Larsen L., Glad A. and Beilinsson L. (1997). Observed vehicle speed and drivers perceived speed of others. Applied Psychology: an international review, 46, 287-302
3. Allen RW, Fancher P.S., Levison W.H., Machey J., Mourant R.R., Schnell T., Srinivasan R. (2000). Simulation and measurement of driver and vehicle performance. Transportation in the new millennium
4. Benedetto C., De Blasiis M.R., Benedetto A. (2003). Driving simulation based approach for quality control of road projects, Advances in Transportation Studies, I(B), 86-96
5. Benedetto A., De Angelini A., Di Renzo D., Guerrieri F., Markham S. (2002). About the standards of a driving simulation for road engineering: a new approach. Proc. International Conference on Application of Advanced Technology in Transportation, ASCE, Boston
6. Benedetto C., De Blasiis M.R., Benedetto A. (2002). A driving simulator based integrated approach for road geometry validation: an assessment of the road safety standards. Proc. International Conference on Application of Advanced Technology in Transportation, ASCE, Boston
7. Benedetto A., Benedetto C., De Blasiis M.R. (2004). Reliability of standards for safe overtaking: advances using real time interactive simulation in Virtual Reality Proc. 82 TRB Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA
8. Benedetto A., De Blasiis M.R., Benedetto C. (2004). Evaluation of Reaction Time in Virtual Reality environment for road safety increasing. Proc. International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Psychology, Nottingham, UK
9. Benedetto C., De Blasiis M.R. (1996). Rilevamenti delle velocità libere e loro considerazione per la determinazione degli standard progettuali della viabilità ordinaria. Infrastrutture e Territorio, collana di ingegneria delle infrastrutture viarie n. 2-ed. IPS Roma. In Italian
10. Benedetto C. (1997). Le esigenze della sicurezza per una revisione delle norme geometriche di progettazione stradale. Convegno Nazionale SIIV La sicurezza intrinseca delle infrastrutture stradali, Roma. In Italian
11. Benedetto C., De Blasiis, M.R., Rosini R. (1998) Progetto Romea. Maggioli Ed., Rimini In Italian
12. Benedetto C. (1998) Autostrada SA-RC Analisi del Rischio. Technical Report ANAS, In Italian
13. Benedetto, C. (2002). Il progetto della strada sicura. La ricerca sperimentale in realtà virtuale. Aracne Ed., Rome, Italy, In Italian
14. Benedetto C., De Blasiis M.R. (2003). Verifica sperimentale della variabilità della soglia soggettiva di rischio per la manovra di sorpasso in funzione della densità veicolare. Convegno SIIV Padova In Italian
15. Benedetto, C. (2004). Comment to "Levels of service and road traffic accident rate", Advances in Transportation Studies, III(B), 95-96
16. Blincoe, L. J. (1994). The Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes, Washington, D. C., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Report No. DOT HS 808 425, 1996.
17. Brown I. D. and Groeger J. A. (1988). Risk perception and decision taking during the transition between novice and experienced driver status. Ergonomics, 31, 585-597
18. Carsten O. (2002). Multiple perspectives. In Human Factors for Highway Engineers, 11-22, Edited by Fuller & Santos, Pergamon, Elsevier Sciences
19. Cavallo V., Laurent M. (1988). Visual information and skill level in time-tocollision estimation. Perception, 17, 623-632
20. Chvanov, V., Zhivopistev, I. (2004). Levels of service and road traffic accident rate, Advances in Transportation Studies, III(B), 87-93
21. CRISS (2004). Analisi del rischio e linee guida per la messa in sicurezza del Traforo del Gran Sasso. Technical Report, Rome, Italy, In Italian
22. De Blasiis MR. (1998). Le reti neurali per lo studio dell'incidentalità stradale. Quarry and Construction, 2. In Italian
23. De Blasiis MR., Firmi P. (1998). L'analisi dell'incidentalità autostradale per la de-terminazione della soglia fisiologica del rischio. Quarry and Construction, 3. In Italian
24. De Blasiis M.R. (2000). Implementazione, apprendimento e verifica di reti neurali per l'analisi dell'incidentalità stradale. In La sicurezza stradale. Il contributo della ricerca Collana di Ingegneria delle infrastrutture viarie n.4 Ed. Aracne. In Italian
25. Denton G. G. (1980). The influence of visual pattern on perceived speed, Perception, 9, 393-402
26. De Waard D., Jessurun M., Steyvers F. J.J. M.,. Raggatt P.T. F and Brook-huis K. A. (1995). Effect of road layout and road environment on driving performance, drivers' physiology and road appreciation. Ergonomics, 38, 1395-1407
27. European Transport Safety Council (1997). Transport accident costs and the value of safety, Brussels
28. European Transport Safety Council (2001). Transport accident and incident investigation in the EU, Brussels
29. European Transport Safety Council (2003). Assessing Risk and Setting Targets in Transport Safety Programmes, Brussels
30. FHWA-(2000). Prediction of the Expected Safety Performance of Rural Two-Lane Highways. PUBLICATION NO. FHWA-RD-99-207
31. Fleury D. (1998). Reinforcing the rules or integrating behavioural response into road planning. Safety Science, 29, 217-228
32. Geyer T.A.W., Morri M.I. (1996). Quantitative risk assessment methodology; Proceedings of the 1996 annual meeting for the society for risk analysis Europe
33. Hauer, E. (1997). Observational before-after studies in traffic safety, Elsevier Science
34. Heger R. (1995). Driving Behavior and Driver Mental Workload as Criteria for Highway Geometric Design Quality. International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design Practices, Boston, USA
35. Hoegberg, L. (1998). Risk perception, safety goals and regulatory decision-making, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 59, 135-139
36. Haykin. S. (1994). Neural Networks. A comprehensive foundation. Macmillan
37. Jones-Lee, M.W. (1990). The value of transport safety, Oxford Review of Economic Policy
38. Lam, T.I. (1999). A sectorial review of risks associated with major infrastructure projects, International Journal of project management, 17(2), 77-87
39. Lamm R., Psarianos B., Mailaender T. (1999). Highway Design and Traffic Safety Engineering Handbook. McGraw-Hill, New York
40. Lu J.J., Xiang Q., Dissanayake S., Pernia J. (2004). The Ways to Improve Highway Safety, Advances in Transportation Studies Part A, 3-14
41. Mazet C. and Dubois D. (1998). Mental organizations of road situations: Theory of cognitive categorization and methodological consequences. SWOV Conference: Traffic Safety Theory and Research Methods, Amsterdam
42. Minchon J.A.A. (1985). A critical review of driver behavior models. What do we know, what should we do? In: L. Evans & R. Schwing (Eds.) Human behavior and traffic safety. New York: Plenum Press.
43. Naatanen R., Summala H. (1976). Road-user Behaviour and Taffic Accidents. North-Holland / American Elsevier, Amsterdam and New York
44. NHTSA (2002). Traffic Safety Facts, Washington, D. C., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U. S. Department of Transportation, Report No. DOT HS 809 620, 2002.
45. Ranney T.A.(1994). Models of driving behavior: a review of their evolution. Accident Analisys and Preventions, 26, 773-750
46. Sidaway B., Fairweather M., Sekiya H. e McNitt-Gray J. (1996). Time-to-collision estimation in a simulated driving task. Human Factors, 38,101-113
47. U.S. Department of Transportation (Research and Special Programs Administration) & John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (2000). Hazard analysis guidelines for transit projects
48. Viscusi, W. K (1993). The value of risks to life and health, Journal of Economic Literature
49. Vrijling, J.K., Jonkman, S.N., van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (2003). Safety and Reliability, Sweets & Zeitlinger, Lisse
50. Vrijling, J. K (1998). Accettable risk as a basis for design, Reliability Engineering and System Safety
51. Vrijling, J. K (1995). Framework for risk evaluation, Jounal of Hazardous Materials, 9
52. Vrijiling, J.K., van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (2000) An analysis of the valuation of human life, Foresight and precaution ESREL
53. Wickens C. D., Hollands J. G. (2000). Engineering psychology and human performance (3rd edit). Prentice Hall, New Jersey
54. Zurada, J.M. (1992). Introduction to Artificial Neural Systems. PWS Publishing Company