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This work describes the results of the experimental activity, illustrating the driving behavior observed in different conditions, relating them to the different methods of ADAS intervention and comparing the driver behavior without ADAS. In the present study, driver behavior was studied in road accidents involving elderly pedestrians, with different ADAS HMIs, as a base to develop a driver model in near missing pedestrian accidents. A literature research was conducted with the aim of finding out the main influencing factors, including environment, boundary conditions, configuration of impact, pedestrian and driver information, when pedestrian fatalities occur and an analysis of frequent road accidents was conducted to get more detailed information about the driver- behavior. In order to obtain more detailed information about pedestrian accidents, real road accidents were reconstructed with multibody simulations on PC-Crash and, by the comparison between literature findings and reconstructions, a generic accident scenario was defined. The generic accident scenario was implemented on the full scale dynamic driving simulator in use at the Laboratory for Safety and Traffic Accident Analysis (LaSIS, University of Florence, Italy) in order to analyse the driving behaviors of volunteers, also considering the influence of ADAS devices. Forty-five young volunteers were enrolled for this study, resulting in forty valid tests on different testing scenarios. Two different scenarios consisted in driving with or without ADAS in the vehicle. Different kinds of ADAS, acoustic and optical, with different time of intervention were tested in order to study the different reactions of the driver. The tests showed some interesting differences between driver's behavior when approaching the critical situation. Drivers with ADAS reacted earlier, but more slowly, depending also on the type of alarm, and often with double reaction when braking. In fact, the results of the activity showed that with ADAS intervention the time to collision (TTC) increases, but the reaction time and braking modality change: a) there is a sort of "latency" time between the accelerator pedal release and the brake pressure; b) the brake pressure is initially less intense. So the driver only partially takes advance from the TTC increase. These differences were valued not only qualitatively, but quantitatively as well. This work revealed to be useful to improve the knowledge of drivers" behavior, in order to realize a driver model that can be implemented to help attaining and assessing higher levels of automation through new technology.
Looking at the total of sum of fatal car accidents the number of single-vehicle accidents and particularly run-offroad (ROR) accidents are most frequent. In Austria on the Autobahn ROR accidents amounts to almost 45% of all fatal accidents, i.e. nearly every second fatal accident is caused by ROR accidents and interaction with infrastructure. Approximately 43 people were killed on Autobahns in ROR accidents with passenger cars. One possibility of protection against impacts with infrastructure is the use of guardrails. However, the initial element identified as a turned down terminal could become a dangerous impact object. These turned down terminals may lead a vehicle to roll over or the car "takes-off" when impacting the turned down guardrail. In many cases it is reported that the vehicle is jumping into road side objects such as traffic sign poles or overpasses. On average, nine people are killed in such accidents every year in Austria.
Assessment of the effectiveness of Intersection Assistance Systems at urban and rural accident sites
(2015)
An Intersection Collision Avoidance System is a promising safety system for accident avoidance or injury mitigation at junctions. However, there is still a lack of evidence of the effectiveness, due to the missing real accident data concerning Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. The objective of this study is the assessment of the effectiveness of an Intersection Collision Avoidance System based on real accidents. The method used is called virtual pre-crash simulation. Accidents at junctions were reconstructed by using the numerical simulation software PC-Crashâ„¢. This first simulation is called the baseline simulation. In a second step the vehicles of these accidents were equipped with an Intersection Collision Avoidance System and simulated again. The second simulation is called the system simulation. In the system simulation two different sensors and four different intervention strategies were used, based on a time-to-collision approach. The effectiveness of Intersection Collision Avoidance System has been evaluated by using an assessment function. On average 9% of the reviewed junction accidents could have been avoided within the system simulations. The other simulation results clearly showed a change in the principal direction of force, delta-v and reduction of the injury severity.
Due to recent years accident avoidance and crashworthiness on Austrian roads were mostly developed on national statistics and on-scene investigation respectively. Identification and elimination of black spots were main targets. In fact many fatal accidents do not occur on such black spots and black-spot investigation has reached a limit. New methods are required and therefore the Austrian Road Safety Programme was introduced by the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology. The primary objective is the reduction of fatalities and severe injuries. Graz University of Technology initiated the project ZEDATU (Zentrale Datenbank tödlicher Unfälle) with the goal to identify similarities in different accident configurations. A matrix was established which categorizes risk and key factors of participating parties. Based on this information countermeasures were worked out.
Bei einem Anprall gegen ein ortsfestes Hindernis ist mit tiefen Intrusionen in den Fahrzeuginnenraum zu rechnen, die zu schwersten Verletzungen führen können. Untersuchungen haben gezeigt, dass Kollisionen mit künstlichen Hindernissen an der Fahrbahnseite, wie Gabelständer, Trimasten, zu 80 % frontal angeprallt werden.
Ziel des Forschungsprojektes war die Bewertung der passiven Sicherheit von Gabelständern und Trimasten, um anhand der Ergebnisse Empfehlungen für die Notwendigkeit einer Absicherung durch Schutzeinrichtungen zu erarbeiten.
Als Methode wurde ein Mix aus Realversuchen und Finiten Elemente Simulationen gewählt. Ausgangspunkt bildeten je zwei Validierungsversuche für den Gabelständer und Trimast. Aufbauend auf diesen Versuchen wurden Simulationsmodelle validiert. Die Simulationsmodelle wurden modifiziert und die Insassensicherheit nach Kriterien der EN 12767 bewertet. Wesentliche Kriterien waren der Index für die Schwere der Beschleunigung (ASI: Acceleration Severity Index) und die theoretische Anprallgeschwindigkeit des Kopfes (THIV: Theoretical Head Impact Velocity).
Der wesentliche Faktor zum Erreichen einer passiven Sicherheit wurde im Abreißen der Gurtrohre beim Anprall festgestellt. Ein Abreißen der Gurtrohre führt zum Unterschreiten der Grenzwerte für den ASI und THIV gemäß EN 12767. Von Bedeutung sind in diesem Zusammenhang der Gurtrohrdurchmesser und die Ausführung der Fußplatten. Fixierte Fußplatten begünstigen ein Abreißen der Gurtrohre und ein Unterschreiten der Grenzwerte für den ASI und insbesondere für den THIV.
Die Masthöhe, die Spreizung und das Schild selbst haben nur einen geringen Einfluss auf die beiden Kennwerte. Unterschiedliche Diagonalrohranordnungen, Schwächung der Gurtrohre oder Reduktion des Schweißnahtumfangs wirken sich positiv auf das Abreißen der Gurtrohre aus und führen zum Unterschreiten der Grenzwerte des ASI und THIV