Identification of Risk Factors for Collisions Involving Cyclists Based on Gdansk Example

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romanika Okraszewska ◽  
Kazimierz Jamroz ◽  
Marek Bauer ◽  
Krystian Birr ◽  
Anna Gobis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Organizational Type ◽  
Road Speed ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
On The Road

The role of pedestrian and bicycle traffic in Poland has growing trend. The comprehensive traffic study, conducted in Gdansk in 2016, has confirmed the increase in the number of cyclists and their share in the modal split. Therefore, it is particularly important to ensure the safety of this group of unprotected road users. Only in 2015 on the roads of Gdansk occurred 93 accidents (excluding collisions) involving cyclists. As a result, 101 people were injured, including nine seriously and 3 people killed. The study aim was to identify risk factors for collisions involving cyclists based on data of accidents reported to the police. The following factors were analysed: the conditions for the drivers on the road (speed limits of, surface conditions), conditions for cyclists (cycling infrastructure, traffic management), external conditions (time of the year, time of the day, weather conditions), conditions organizational (type of intersection, traffic light) as well as the social aspects – the behaviour of all users.

scholarly journals The Effects of ITS Application in Speed Management on State Road From Mali Pozarevac to Kragujevac

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav Petrović ◽  
Miloš Milosavljević ◽  
Milan Božović ◽  
Danislav Drašković ◽  
Milija Radović
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Accident Risk ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Speed Management ◽  
On The Road

The application of intelligent transport systems (hereinafter ITSs) on roads enables continuous monitoring of road users during a whole year with the aim to collect good-quality data based on which the more complex analyses could be done, such as monitoring of certain traffic safety indicators. Automatic traffic counters are one of the most commonly implemented ITSs for collecting traffic flow parameters that are relevant for traffic management on state roads in Republic of Serbia. This paper presents one of the possible ways to collect, analyze and present data on road users’ speeds using automatic traffic counters, where certain traffic safety indicators are analyzed in terms of road users’ compliance with the speed limit on the road section from Mali Pozarevac to Kragujevac. Based on the analyses of data downloaded from automatic traffic counters, it is observed that an extremely high percentage of vehicles drive at speed higher than the speed limit, indicating clearly to higher traffic accident risk, as well as to the need for a tendency to implement speed management on roads using ITS in the forthcoming period.

scholarly journals Automatic traffic light controller for emergency vehicle using peripheral interface controller

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norlezah Hashim ◽  
Fakrulradzi Idris ◽  
Ahmad Fauzan Kadmin ◽  
Siti Suhaila Jaapar Sidek
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Light Signal ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
The Road ◽  
Light Area ◽  
On The Road

Traffic lights play such important role in traffic management to control the traffic on the road. Situation at traffic light area is getting worse especially in the event of emergency cases. During traffic congestion, it is difficult for emergency vehicle to cross the road which involves many junctions. This situation leads to unsafe conditions which may cause accident. An Automatic Traffic Light Controller for Emergency Vehicle is designed and developed to help emergency vehicle crossing the road at traffic light junction during emergency situation. This project used Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) to program a priority-based traffic light controller for emergency vehicle. During emergency cases, emergency vehicle like ambulance can trigger the traffic light signal to change from red to green in order to make clearance for its path automatically. Using Radio Frequency (RF) the traffic light operation will turn back to normal when the ambulance finishes crossing the road. Result showed the design is capable to response within the range of 55 meters. This project was successfully designed, implemented and tested.

scholarly journals Railroad traffic light sensors to anticipate jams at junctions based on ATMega8

SinkrOn ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-156
Author(s):  
Amir Mahmud Husein ◽  
Alfredy Willim ◽  
Yandi Tumbur Nainggolan ◽  
Antonius Moses Simanggungsong ◽  
Prayoga Banjarnahor
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Light Condition ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Infrared Sensors ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
The Road ◽  
Traffic Jams ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Railroad Crossings ◽  
On The Road

Traffic congestion is a problem that has long occurred in Indonesia, especially in big cities. Traffic congestion that occurs can cause various losses, one of which is time loss because it can only run at a very low speed. Then it will create a waste of energy, because going at low speed will require more fuel. Congestion is also able to increase the saturation of other road users, not only that traffic jams also have a bad impact on nature which causes air pollution. And there are many more impacts of traffic jams that can make traveling very uncomfortable. One of the locations of traffic jams often occurs on roads located around railroad crossings. Therefore, In this study, it is proposed to make a traffic light sensor adjacent to the train track to anticipate long traffic jams based on atmega8 and infrared sensors, with the stages of collecting data, recording transportation activities at the location of the jam, then designing a sensor device. The system built is to read the volume of vehicles on the road and prioritize the road with the highest volume of vehicles to get the green traffic light condition. Based on the results of the manufacture of infrared sensors and atmega8 can be tested to reduce the level of congestion at crossroads adjacent to the railroad.

scholarly journals RANCANG BANGUN PROTOTYPE SISTEM PENDETEKSI PELANGGARAN PADA ZEBRA CROSS DI LAMPU LALU LINTAS BERBASIS ARDUINO

Foristek ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uswatun Hasanah ◽  
Mery Subito ◽  
Muhammad Aristo Indrajaya
Keyword(s):  
Response Speed ◽  
Average Response ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
The Road ◽  
Laser Sensors ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Traffic Violations ◽  
Road Intersections ◽  
On The Road

Current road users cannot be separated from the number of violators, therefore traffic lights are made to regulate traffic on the road. At traffic lights, there is also a zebra crossing which serves as a means of crossing the road for pedestrians. To minimize violations at road intersections, researchers designed a tool to detect traffic violations. Traffic violation detection tool is made in prototype form using a control system with Arduino nano and software. This traffic light system uses LDR and laser sensors to detect these violations by cutting the laser which sends light to the LDR. This tool is also equipped with a webcam camera that functions to photograph violations that occur and a buzzer that functions as a warning to officers and riders in the event of a violation with an average response speed of the webcam of 2.37 seconds and the average response speed of the buzzer is 0.4 seconds. . The snapshot from the webcam is saved automatically on your PC / Laptop.

scholarly journals OPTIMIZATION OF MANAGEMENT OF URBAN LIGHTS WITH THE USE OF NEURAL NETWORKS

THE BULLETIN ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 389 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
A.А. Suleimen ◽  
G.B. Kashaganova ◽  
G.B. Issayeva ◽  
B.R. Absatarova ◽  
M.C. Ibraev
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Control Parameters ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

One of the most pressing problems of large cities is the problem of traffic management of vehicles. The reason for this problem is an imperfect way to manage traffic flows. Traffic light regulation is of particular importance in traffic management. Most modern traffic light control systems operate at set time intervals and are not able to cope with the constantly changing situation on the road. A promising direction for solving this problem is to optimize the system using artificial neural networks. The advantage of neural networks is self-learning, which allows the system to adapt to the changing situation on the road. Despite numerous attempts, it has not yet been possible to obtain a high-quality mathematical model of urban traffic management. This model should determine the functional dependence of transport flow parameters on control parameters. Nowadays, traffic flows are regulated everywhere by means of traffic lights. If we can get a fairly accurate mathematical model of traffic flows, we can determine the optimal duration of the traffic signal phases to achieve the maximum capacity of the road network node. A fairly accurate mathematical model of traffic management that works in predictive mode will display an estimate of the optimal control parameters, as well as make correct decisions in emergency situations. Well-known mathematical models of road traffic take into account only the average values of traffic flows, and not the exact number of cars on each road section at a particular time.

scholarly journals Investigating the Risk Factors Associated with the Severity of the Pedestrians Injured on Spanish Crosstown Roads

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Casado-Sanz ◽  
Begoña Guirao ◽  
Antonio Lara Galera ◽  
Maria Attard
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Crash Data ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Road ◽  
Pedestrian Injury ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Pedestrian Crashes

According to the Spanish General Traffic Accident Directorate, in 2017 a total of 351 pedestrians were killed, and 14,322 pedestrians were injured in motor vehicle crashes in Spain. However, very few studies have been conducted in order to analyse the main factors that contribute to pedestrian injury severity. This study analyses the accidents that involve a single vehicle and a single pedestrian on Spanish crosstown roads from 2006 to 2016 (1535 crashes). The factors that explain these accidents include infractions committed by the pedestrian and the driver, crash profiles, and infrastructure characteristics. As a preliminary tool for the segmentation of 1535 pedestrian crashes, a k-means cluster analysis was applied. In addition, multinomial logit (MNL) models were used for analysing crash data, where possible outcomes were fatalities and severe and minor injured pedestrians. According to the results of these models, the risk factors associated with pedestrian injury severity are as follows: visibility restricted by weather conditions or glare, infractions committed by the pedestrian (such as not using crossings, crossing unlawfully, or walking on the road), infractions committed by the driver (such as distracted driving and not respecting a light or a crossing), and finally, speed infractions committed by drivers (such as inadequate speed). This study proposes the specific safety countermeasures that in turn will improve overall road safety in this particular type of road.

scholarly journals PROGRAM OF LIGHT-FORMAT REGULATION ON THE BASIS OF CONTROLLED NETWORKS AND THE SATURATIONS’ FLOW: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CALCULATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 680-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Novikov ◽  
S. V. Eremin ◽  
A. G. Shevtsova
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Light Regulation ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

Introduction. The paper deals with traffic light regulation. This task is always relevant. Thus, even for an ordinary intersection, depending on the intensity of traffic flows, the control cycles should differ significantly. This paper discusses all kinds of systems, namely, two-phase, three-phase, four-phase and others. In addition to solving optimization problems of regulation the authors propose to use the device managed network, which allows setting the configuration of the transport network as the base graph of the managed network, and then based on the parameterization of the graph of the throughput ability of the network to solve the optimization problem of selecting the control traffic and pedestrian flow.Methods and materials. For solving the problem of traffic management on the road network, the authors proposed to use the mechanisms of managed networks. As a result, the authors presented a technique based on the calculation of saturation flows, the main characteristic of the control technique, which was activated when there were no requests from the transport detectors to turn by the green signal.Results. The authors constructed a generalized simulation model of control phases of regulation based on the usage of controlled networks, depending on the intensity of traffic flows and formed a method of selecting modes of traffic lights for different traffic situations.Discussion and conclusions. The solution of the problem of traffic light regulation significantly affects the traffic management efficiency. The authors determine the main parameters based on the analysis of traffic light control methods. As a result of the calculation of the saturation flow and information about the intensity of traffic, the authors form the method of selecting the necessary modes of the phosphor object’s operation.The authors have read and approved the final manuscript. Financial transparency: the authors have no financial interest in the presented materials or methods. There is no conflict of interest.

Intelligent Traffic Signal Monitoring System Using Image Processing

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-195
Author(s):  
SureshKumar M. ◽  
Anu Valliammai R.
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
The Road ◽  
Real Time Traffic ◽  
Traffic Intersection ◽  
Signal Monitoring ◽  
On The Road

This project aims at making an intelligent traffic signal monitoring system that makes decisions based on real-time traffic situations. The choices will be such that the traditional red, green, or amber lighting scheme is focused on the actual number of cars on the road and the arrival of emergency services rather than using pure timing circuits to control car traffic by using what the traffic appears like via smart cameras to capture real-time traffic movement pictures of each direction. The control system will modify the traffic light control parameters dynamically in various directions due to changes in traffic flow, thus increasing the traffic intersection efficiency and ensuring improved traffic management. This work involves performing a traffic management study of the city.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN POLAND

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (50) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
DASZYKOWSKI M ◽  
◽  
SIEDLECKA S ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
The Road ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Pedestrian Accidents

Pedestrian crossings today are an indispensable element of the road infrastructure. There are more and more of them. The reason for this state of affairs is the constantly constant level of pedestrian intensity and the need to change the path of the footpath. Pedestrian accidents occur as a result of many factors related to weather conditions or the technical condition of the vehicle. However, in Poland, most often the event happens due to human error, then the driver of a car or a pedestrian. In addition, the high accident rate depends on poor road infrastructure. Unfortunately, a pedestrian is the victim of every third accident in our country. Pedestrians are among the group of vulnerable road users in which participation in an accident has very serious consequences. The importance of this problem can be demonstrated by the fact that 270,000 pedestrians are killed on the world's roads every year. Globally, almost 22% of all fatalities are from pedestrian accidents, and this is an average value, as there are countries where this percentage exceeds 66%. Pedestrian safety is a serious problem on Polish roads. In Poland, most pedestrian accidents occur at pedestrian crossings. This is where pedestrians and vehicles cross, creating a risk of collisions between these road users. These accidents are caused by insufficient visibility of the driver and pedestrians. The analysis of police statistics made it possible to assess the effectiveness of factors aimed at improving road safety at pedestrian crossings. The main one is traffic light. Thanks to him, pedestrian crossings are safer. A big problem, which is still significant, is the concentration of pedestrian’s attention on phone screens. To prevent collisions with pedestrians, they do not monitor their safety when crossing the road, there are special programs for phones, the use of advertising campaigns, the installation of LED strips or the use of 3D strips. KEYWORDS: PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD ACCIDENTS, CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS WITH PEDESTRIANS.

scholarly journals Fail to Yield? An Analysis of Ambulance Crashes in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1566
Author(s):  
Rong-Chang Jou ◽  
Ming-Che Chao
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Transportation Safety ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
The Road ◽  
Mnl Model ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Crash Injuries ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction—Medical emergency vehicles help patients get to the hospital quickly. However, there were more and more ambulance crashes on the road in Taiwan during the last decade. This study investigated the characteristics of medical emergency vehicle crashes in Taiwan from January 2003 to December 2016. Methods—The ordered logit (OL) model, multinominal logit (MNL) model, and partial proportional odds (PPO) model were applied to investigate the relationship between the severity of ambulance crash injuries and its risk factors. Results—We found the various factors have different effects on the overall severity of ambulance crashes, such as ambulance drivers’ characteristics and road and weather conditions. When another car was involved in ambulance crashes, there was a disproportionate effect on the different overall severity, as found by the PPO model. Conclusions—The results showed that male ambulance drivers and car drivers who failed to yield to an ambulance had a higher risk of severe injury from ambulance crashes. Ambulance crashes are an emerging issue and need further policies and public education regarding Taiwan’s ambulance transportation safety.

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