Longitudinal safety evaluation of connected vehicles' platooning on expressways

MS Rahman, M Abdel-Aty - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2018 - Elsevier
Connected vehicles (CV) technology has recently drawn an increasing attention from
governments, vehicle manufacturers, and researchers. One of the biggest issues facing CVs …

Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map

R Goel, G Tiwari, M Varghese, K Bhalla… - Campbell systematic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Road Traffic injuries (RTI) are among the top ten leading causes of
death in the world resulting in 1.35 million deaths every year, about 93% of which occur in …

Potential crash risks of expressway on-ramps and off-ramps: a case study in Bei**g, China

X Qu, Y Yang, Z Liu, S **, J Weng - Safety science, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This paper aims to assess the potential crash risks across different traffic lanes
(shoulder lane, median lane, and middle lane) near to ramps (before on-ramps, between …

Analysis of safety factors for urban expressways considering the effect of congestion in Shanghai, China

J Sun, T Li, F Li, F Chen - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban expressways are the key components of the urban traffic network. The traffic safety
situation on expressways directly influences the efficiency of the whole network. A total of …

Multi-vehicle safety functions for freeway weaving segments using lane-level traffic data

H Rim, M Abdel-Aty, N Mahmoud - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract This study develops Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) for freeway weaving
segments. Due to the coexistence of three different movements including through, merging …

Safety impacts of geometric design on freeway segments with closely spaced entrance and exit ramps

J Zhao, Y Guo, P Liu - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of geometric design on crash risk on
freeway segments with closely spaced entrance and exit ramps. Traffic flow, geometric …

Risk factors affecting traffic accidents at urban weaving sections: Evidence from China

X Mao, C Yuan, J Gan, S Zhang - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
As a critical configuration of interchanges, the weaving section is inclined to be involved in
more traffic accidents, which may bring about severe casualties. To identify the factors …

Associating incident clearance duration with freeway segment types using hierarchical Bayesian survival model

JH Salum, JH Kodi, E Kidando, P Alluri… - … Engineering, Part A …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Traffic incidents represent nonrecurring events that have long been found to deteriorate
traffic operations and safety. Studies agree that quick incident clearance would translate into …

Safety impact of weaving distance on freeway facilities with managed lanes using both microscopic traffic and driving simulations

Q Cai, M Saad, M Abdel-Aty… - Transportation …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
With the challenges of increasing traffic congestion, the concept of managed lanes (MLs)
has been gaining popularity recently as a means to effectively improve traffic mobility. MLs …

Modeling crash injury severity by road feature to improve safety

P Penmetsa, SS Pulugurtha - Traffic injury prevention, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The objective of this research is 2-fold: to (a) model and identify critical road
features (or locations) based on crash injury severity and compare it with crash frequency …