Naturalistic Driving Study Data Analysis - Intersection Safety
Rural intersections account for 30% of crashes in rural areas and 6% of all fatal crashes, representing a significant but poorly understood safety problem. Transportation agencies have traditionally implemented countermeasures to address rural intersection crashes but frequently do not understand the dynamic interaction between the driver and roadway and the driver factors leading to these types of crashes. The Strategic ...more »
Rural intersections account for 30% of crashes in rural areas and 6% of all fatal crashes, representing a significant but poorly understood safety problem. Transportation agencies have traditionally implemented countermeasures to address rural intersection crashes but frequently do not understand the dynamic interaction between the driver and roadway and the driver factors leading to these types of crashes. The Strategic Highway Safety Program (SHRP 2) is conducting a large-scale naturalistic driving study (NDS) using instrumented vehicles which will provide a significant amount on-road driving data for a range of drivers. The team will utilize this NDS data to observe driver behavior at rural intersections first hand using video and vehicle kinematics data.
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