Difference between car-to-cyclist crash and near crash in a perpendicular crash configuration based on driving recorder analysis
Journal article, 2018

Analyzing a crash using driving recorder data makes it possible to objectively examine factors contributing to the occurrence of the crash. In this study, car-to-cyclist crashes and near crashes recorded on cars equipped with advanced driving recorders were compared with each other in order to examine the factors that differentiate near crashes from crashes, as well as identify the causes of the crashes. Focusing on cases where the car and cyclist approached each other perpendicularly, the differences in the car’s and cyclist’s parameters such as velocity, distance and avoidance behavior were analyzed. The results show that car-to-cyclist crashes would not be avoidable when the car approaching the cyclist enters an area where the average deceleration required to stop the car is more than 0.45 G (4.4 m/s2). In order for this situation to occur, there are two types of cyclist crash scenarios. In the first scenario, the delay in the drivers’ reaction in activating the brakes is the main factor responsible for the crash. In this scenario, time-to-collision when the cyclist first appears in the video is more than 2.0 s. In the second scenario, the sudden appearance of a cyclist from behind an obstacle on the street is the factor responsible for the crash. In this case, the time-to-collision is less than 1.2 s, and the crash cannot be avoided even if the driver exhibited avoidance maneuvers.

Time-to-collision

Car-to-cyclist crash

Driving recorder

Near crash

Author

Daisuke Ito

Nagoya University

Kosei Hayakawa

Nagoya University

Yuma Kondo

Nagoya University

Mizuno Koji

Nagoya University

Robert Thomson

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Safety

Giulio Bianchi Piccinini

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Safety

Naruyuki Hosokawa

National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory

Accident Analysis and Prevention

0001-4575 (ISSN)

Vol. 117 1-9

Areas of Advance

Transport

Subject Categories

Philosophy

Transport Systems and Logistics

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2018.03.029

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