| Title | Statistics of Light-Vehicle Pre-Crash Scenarios Based on 2011–2015 National Crash Data |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 67414 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Swanson, Elizabeth D. ; Foderaro, Frank; Yanagisawa, Mikio; Najm, Wassim G.; Azeredo, Philip |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 20190800 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This report defines a new set of 36 distinct pre-crash scenarios that represent the crash population of light-vehicles (LVs) based on data from the 2011-2015 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (GES) crash databases. LVs include all passenger cars, vans, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and light pickup trucks with gross vehicle weight ratings less than or equal to 10,000 pounds. Pre-crash scenarios describe vehicle movements and the critical event that made the crash imminent (i.e., something occurred that made the collision possible). The 36 pre-crash scenarios are arranged into nine groups: control loss, road departure, animal, pedestrian, pedalcyclist, lane change, opposite direction, rear-end, and crossing paths. These nine groups account for 24,534 (94%) fatal crashes and an estimated 5,020,000 (89%) of all police-reported crashes based on the yearly average of the 2011-2015 FARS and GES crash databases, respectively. This report also provides crash characteristics for each pre-crash scenario and group in terms of environmental conditions, road geometry, crash location, vehicle/crash-related factors, driver characteristics, attempted avoidance maneuver, traffic violations, and crash contributing factors. |
| Public Note | Swanson, E., Foderaro, F., Yanagisawa, M., Najm, W. G., & Azeredo, P. (2019, August). Statistics of light-vehicle pre-crash scenarios based on 2011-2015 national crash data (Report No. DOT HS 812 745). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
| Rosap ID | dot:41932 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41932 |
| TRT Terms | Crash avoidance systems; ITS program technologies; Light vehicles; Police reports; Crash characteristics; Fatalities |
| General Subjects | pre-crash scenario; crash avoidance; police-reported crashes; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; FARS; General Estimates System; GES |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Report Number | DOT HS 812 745; DOT-VNTSC-NHTSA-18-01 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/67000/67400/67414/DOT-HS-812-745_20190802.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |