| Title | Pre-crash scenario typology for crash avoidance research |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 35064 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Najm, Wassim G; Smith, John D.; Yanagisawa, Mikio |
| Source | 132p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 20070400 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This report defines a new pre-crash scenario typology for crash avoidance research based on the 2004 General Estimates System (GES) crash database, which consists of pre-crash scenarios depicting vehicle movements and dynamics as well as the critical event immediately prior to a crash. This typology establishes a common vehicle safety research foundation for public and private organizations, which will allow researchers to determine which traffic safety issues should be of first priority to investigate and to develop concomitant crash avoidance systems. Its main objectives are to identify all common pre-crash scenarios of all police-reported crashes involving at least one light vehicle (i.e., passenger car, sports utility vehicle, van, minivan, and light pickup truck); quantify their severity in terms of frequency of occurrence, economic cost, and functional years lost; portray each scenario by crash contributing factors and circumstances in terms of the driving environment, driver, and vehicle; and provide nationally representative crash statistics that can be annually updated using national crash databases such as GES. This new typology includes 37 pre-crash scenarios accounting for approximately 5,942,000 police-reported light-vehicle crashes, an estimated economic cost of 120 billion dollars, and 2,767,000 functional years lost. These statistics do not incorporate data from non-police-reported crashes. |
| Rosap ID | dot:6281 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/6281 |
| TRT Terms | Crash analysis; Vehicle safety; Law enforcement; Statistics; Data tables; Crash data; Costs; Cost indexes |
| General Subjects | General Estimates System; Pre-crash scenarios; Vehicle safety research; Crash avoidance research; Crash frequency; Economic cost; Functional years lost |
| Classification | NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - Statistics; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1325137 |
| Contract Number | PPA # HS-19 |
| Report Number | DOT-VNTSC-NHTSA-06-02; DOT HS 810 767 |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/35000/35000/35064/DOT-VNTSC-NHTSA-06-02.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |