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Title:

Analysis of Different Groups of Drivers and Their Related Driving Behaviour in Urban Areas

Accession Number:

01337989

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Traffic conditions of urban areas are significantly different from those of rural roads due to the complexity of urban scenario, heterogeneous users (drivers, cyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians) and the frequency of conflicting zones; this considering, the aim of this paper is to have more deep knowledge about the real driver behavior in urban context and to provide recommendations for safety design of conflicting zones taking into account psychological and perceptual characteristics of drivers. In order to achieve these aims, 95 volunteers were characterized by means of two psychological tests: test-scores were integrated and processed by the cluster analysis which allowed to identify three risk categories (low, medium and high risk) related to personality profile and driving style of the subjects. The same volunteers were subjected to a test drive with an instrumented vehicle, along 3,5 km of a urban road in Italy, obtaining continuously and in real time speed data, acceleration, braking action, engine RPM and steering angle. The data were processed to assess the real behavior of drivers along the road homogeneous sections and to estimate the approach sight distance to different types of intersections. The results related both to the whole sample and to the different risk profiles, were compared with the AASHTO requirements and analyzed according to the recent "Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems”. The study allows to provide recommendations and useful suggestions to improve perception and safety of urban road conflicting zones.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-0159

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Losa, Massimo
Cofrancesco, Armando
Baronti, Federico
Roncella, Roberto

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (6) ; Maps (1) ; References (15) ; Tables (3)

Geographic Terms:

Italy

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-0159

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:20PM