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Built environment, driving errors and violations, and crashes in naturalistic driving environment
Numan Ahmad1, Behram Wali2, Asad J Khattak1
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, United States.
Accident; Analysis and Prevention
|May 24, 2021
Summary
Driving errors, particularly performance errors, significantly increase crash risk. Urban environments and specific built areas like school zones heighten crash likelihood by inducing recognition and decision errors.
Area of Science:
- Traffic Safety Research
- Human Factors Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
Background:
- Human errors are a primary cause of traffic crashes, necessitating a safe systems approach.
- Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) data offers detailed insights into pre-crash behaviors and environmental factors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze driving errors and violations in crash, near-crash, and baseline scenarios.
- To investigate the influence of diverse built environments on crash pathways through advanced modeling.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) data, including the 'locality' factor for environmental context.
- Applied rigorous modeling techniques, including path analysis, to explore relationships between environment, errors, and crash propensity.
Main Results:
- Performance errors showed the strongest correlation with crash occurrence.
- Urban environments were associated with increased crash chances and recognition errors.
- Recognition and decision errors were significant mediators in areas like school zones and residential zones.
Conclusions:
- Built environment characteristics significantly influence crash risk, often through mediating driving errors.
- Vehicle technologies and roadway modifications can mitigate driving errors and reduce crashes.
- Understanding environment-error-crash pathways is crucial for developing effective safety interventions.
Keywords:
Built environmentDriver errors and violationsMultinomial logitNaturalistic driving studyOrdered probitPath analysisSHRP2TaxonomyMore Related Videos
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