Measuring Road Safety with Surrogate Events

Demonstrates how to rapidly measure traffic safety using an innovative and efficient method developed by the leading expert on the topic

Andrew Tarko (Author)

9780128105047

Paperback, published 5 November 2019

252 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.36 kg

Approx.244 pages

1. Introduction2. Crashes in Safety Analysis3. Traffic Conflicts as Crash Surrogates4. Techniques and Technologies of Observing Traffic Conflicts5. Studies on the Conflict-Crash Relationship6. Probabilistic Connection of Traffic Conflicts with Crashes7. Estimating Crash Frequency from Traffic Conflicts8. Challenges and Treatments in Estimating Crash Frequency9. Road Departures - Driving Simulator Study10. Right Angle Collisions - A Lesson Learned11. Rear-End Collisions - Naturalistic Driving Study12. Traffic Conflicts of Autonomous Vehicles13. Summary and Future Research Directions

Subject Areas: Automotive technology & trades [TRC]