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Title:

Using Traffic and Safety Measures for Driving Simulator Validation

Accession Number:

01046329

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This study focuses on validating a driving simulator using traffic and safety measures. To achieve the objective of this research, a signalized intersection that has one of the highest crash frequencies in Central Florida was replicated in the driving simulator system. Eight scenarios were designed at the intersection in a driving simulator experiment. Subjects were classified by gender and five age groups were recruited to test the eight scenarios. The experimental measurements from subjects performances in the simulator were compared to speed observations in the field and safety trends based on police crash report analysis. It was found that drivers have similar speed behaviors and traffic risk patterns in the driving simulator as found at the real intersection. Therefore, the experiment results validated the driving simulator, indicating that it could be an effective tool to be employed in driving behavior research and traffic engineering studies.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-0053

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Yan, Xuedong
Abdel-Aty, Mohamed A
Radwan, Essam
Wang, Xuesong
Chilakapati, Praveen Kumar

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (14) ; Tables (8)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Model validation

Geographic Terms:

Central Florida

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-0053

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 4:37PM