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  • Road safety
  • Human factors in transportation
  • Lighting engineering

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  • LED streetlighting and dimming are increasingly adopted globally for cost savings.
  • The impact of streetlight dimming on driver performance and safety remains under-investigated.
  • Existing research primarily focuses on the economic benefits of LED dimming.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of LED streetlight dimming on night-time driving performance.
  • To quantify the impact of varying dimming levels on driver reaction times and object recognition.
  • To provide data for establishing safe dimming levels for road networks.

Main Methods:

  • 14 licensed drivers participated in a night-time driving study on a closed circuit.
  • An instrumented vehicle was used to record driving performance under different streetlight dimming levels (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%).
  • Tasks included measuring reaction times and recognition distances for a moving target and a pedestrian.

Main Results:

  • Streetlight dimming significantly delayed driver reaction times to a moving target (0.4s delay at 25% light).
  • Pedestrian recognition distances were significantly shorter under dimmed conditions (15m shorter at 25% light).
  • Reduced light output led to an estimated 6m reduction in recognition distance for moving targets.

Conclusions:

  • Streetlight dimming negatively impacts driver visibility and reaction times during night driving.
  • The observed reductions in recognition distances and increased reaction times suggest potential safety concerns.
  • Further research is needed to determine safe dimming levels for streetlighting to ensure road safety.