Publications

Effects of working memory load and repeated scenario exposure on emergency braking performance

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to examine the effect of working memory load on drivers' responses to a suddenly braking lead vehicle and whether this effect (if any) is moderated by repeated scenario exposure. Background: Several

EuroFOT: constrains and trade-offs in testing hypotheses

Road accidents in the EU annually account for over 40,000 deaths. More than 90% of these road accidents are caused by driver impairment. Many on-the-market intelligent vehicle systems (IVSs) promise to reduce road accidents by supporting the driver in

Factors contributing to road fatalities - Analysis of in-depth investigation data from passenger car intersection crashes and from collisions between bicycles and motorized vehicles

Inattention or distraction among drivers are frequent causes of intersection crashes and of collisions between bicycles and motorized vehicles. This is shown by analyses of data from in-depth studies of fatal road crashes for the years 2005-2007, collected

INTACT Final Report: Methodology Development for Advanced Accident Investigations - INTACT

Road traffic accidents continue to be an important health issue for society, both in terms of personal injury and cost. It is of great importance to reduce the number of all accidents and in particular reduce the number of fatalities and personal injuries

FOTware: a modular, customizable software for analysis of multiple-source field-operational-test data

Field operational test (FOT) studies popularity is increasing in the US, Europe, and Japan as large-scale projects such as SHRPII, euroFOT, and Smartway, respectively show. This increase in popularity is supported by continuously improved logging

Generalization of case studies in road traffic when defining pre-crash scenarios for active safety function evaluation

To define pre-crash scenarios for evaluation of active safety functions, data from crash investigations is often used. Typical data sources include official databases with police reported crashes (macroscopic data) and in-depth case studies (microscopic

Helping train drivers pass signals safely: Lessons from 10 case studies

Train drivers depend on surrounding systems of supporting organisational and technical factors to help them pass signals safely. We identify gaps in these systems by analysing ten hazardous signal approach incidents using a method for the selection and

Narratives and Accidents

In 2004 the Norwegian Accident Investigation Board was expanded to include a new section for road traffic. Their task, as defined by the Government, was to investigate individual road accidents, in order to find out what had actually taken place, and to

On the issue of collecting subjective data: Experiences from a small-scale Field Operational Test

The paper presents a subset of the experiences regarding the collection of subjective data made in a small scale field operational test, in particular the design, distribution, and overall management of questionnaires. One conclusion drawn is that the

Sweden-Michigan Naturalistic Field Operational Test (SeMiFOT) Phase 1: WP 3 Data Management, Final Report

INTRODUCTION: This report describes the outcome of the work package 3 (WP3) – “Data Management”, within the project SeMiFOT. The work package was divided into three tasks: Data acquisition, data base/storage and analysis tools. The overall aim of WP3 has

Sweden-Michigan Naturalistic Field Operational Test (SeMiFOT) Phase 1: WP 5 Evaluation of Methodology, Final Report

INTRODUCTION: This report describes the outcome of the Work Package 5 “Evaluation of Methodology” (WP5) within the project SeMiFOT. The overall aim of this workpackage is to evaluate the Naturalistic FOT research methodology developed in the SeMiFOT, as

Sweden-Michigan Naturalistic Field Operational Test (SeMiFOT) Phase 1: WP 1 Management, Final Report

INTRODUCTION: This report describes the outcome of the work package 1 (WP1) – “Management”, within the project SeMiFOT. The work package was divided into two tasks: “Project and process management” and “Dissemination, awareness and results exploitation”

Sweden-Michigan Naturalistic Field Operational Test (SeMiFOT) Phase 1: Final Report

The Sweden Michigan Naturalistic Field Operational Test (SeMiFOT) project – a SAFER project running from January 2008 to December 2009 – gathered 13 organizations from the automotive industry (AB Volvo, Autoliv, Lindholmen Science Park, Länsförsäkringar

Sweden-Michigan Naturalistic Field Operational Test (SeMiFOT) Phase 1: WP 2 Methodology and FOT Design, Final Report

INTRODUCTION: This report describes the outcome of the Work Package 2 (WP 2) “Methodology and FOT Design” within the project SeMiFOT. This work package was divided into four tasks: “Identification of function and vehicles”, “Definition of objectives

The use of knowledge about road accidents generated by the Accident Investigation Board Norway

In 2005, the Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIBN) was expanded to include a new section for road traffic (henceforth AIBN-Road). Their task, as defined by the Government, is to investigate individual road accidents in order to determine what had

A conceptual framework for requirement specification and evaluation of active safety functions

Active safety functions intended to prevent vehicle crashes are becoming increasingly prominent in traffic safety. Successful evaluation of their effects needs to be based on a conceptual framework, i.e. agreed-upon concepts and principles for defining

DRIVE C2X methodology framework

On data security and analysis platforms for analysis of naturalistic data

Studies involving naturalistic driving data, of which Naturalistic Field Operational Tests (N-FOTs) are a subset, are becoming increasingly important for understanding the factors influencing accident causation as well as for the development and evaluation

SP3 D3.3 Data management in euroFOT

Data management is essential for a successful field operational test or naturalistic driving study. The complexity of data management tasks and thus the resources needed are often underestimated. This deliverable, “D3.3: Data management in euroFOT”, is a

SP5 D5.3 Final delivery of data and answers to questionnaires

The euroFOT project is a large-scale Field Operational Test (FOT) undertaken in Europe in order to evaluate different Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) with regard to traffic safety, efficiency and environment as well as to usability and acceptance

SP6 D6.2 Analysis methods for user related aspects and impact assessment

The goal of SP6 is to assess the societal and individual impacts of the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) that are tested in the euroFOT project. This deliverable describes the methodology for the impact assessment and evaluation of user related

Understanding attention selection in driving: From limited capacity to adaptive behaviour

Accident analysis studies have consistently identified attention-related failures as key factors behind road crashes. However, less is known about how such failures lead to accidents. Traditionally, one reason for this knowledge gap has been a lack of

Analyzing real-world data to promote development of active safety systems that reduce car-to-vulnerable road user accidents

The overall objective of the thesis is to explore various types of real-world road traffic data and to assess the extent to which they can inform the design of active safety systems that aim to prevent car-to-vulnerable road user (VRU) accidents. A

Collection of naturalistic bicycling data is now ongoing

Deliverable 2.4 Final Updated Protocol with Updates from the pilot Review

Deliverable 2.5 Final Report on the Pan-European In-Depth Accident Investigation Network

Executive summary - Crash investigation has been established for some time as a method for gaining an understanding of the causes and consequences of crashes. In-depth accident investigations aim to reveal detailed and factual information from an

Nonresponse analysis and adjustment in a mail survey on car accidents

Statistical accident data plays an important role for traffic safety development involving the road system, vehicle design, and driver education. Vehicle manufacturers use data from accident mail surveys as an integral part of the product development

Piloting the Naturalistic Methodology on Bicycles

Cycling is not a safe activity in Europe and claims over 2000 lives each year. In Gothenburg, Sweden, cycling safety has not significantly improved in the last five years, possibly due to the increasing number of cyclists. This paper describes the effort

preBikeSAFE (TRV 2011 86383) Slutrapport

MASCOT systemet har anpassats till en cykel och insamling av naturalistisk data från cykeln har blivit framgångsrikt testat. Sex videoklipp har producerats för att visa potentialen av den naturalistiska metodologin för att förbättra trafiksäkerhet i

Processing of Eye/Head-Tracking Data in Large-Scale Naturalistic Driving Data Sets

Driver distraction and driver inattention are frequently recognized as leading causes of crashes and incidents. Despite this fact, there are few methods available for the automatic detection of driver distraction. Eye tracking has come forward as the most

Real world data on driver behaviour in accidents and incidents: Evaluating data collection and analysis methods for car safety development

Real world data is important for safety development within the road transportation system. For car safety development in particular, methods to collect and analyse real world data on driver behaviour from normal driving, incidents and accidents are needed

Recognizing safety-critical events from naturalistic driving data

New trends in research on traffic accidents comprehend Naturalistic Driving Studies (NDS). NDS are based on largescale data collection of driver, vehicle, and environment information in realtraffic. NDS datasets have proven to be extremely valuable for the

SP1 D11.3 Final Report

The European project euroFOT developed the first large scale Field Operational Test, with a focus on Ihe European project euroFOT developed the first large scale Field Operational Test, with a focus on Intelligent Vehicles equipped with Advanced Driver

SP4 SP5 D4.3 D5.4 Test and vehicle report, summary of user workshops, and method

TThe euroFOT project is a large-scale Field Operational Test (FOT) undertaken in Europe in order to evaluate a variety of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) with regard to traffic safety, efficiency and environment. In addition, usability and

SP6 D6.3 Final results: User acceptance and user-related aspects

TThe euroFOT project is a large-scale Field Operational Test (FOT) undertaken in Europe in order to evaluate different Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) with regard to user related aspects, traffic safety, efficiency and environment. Test vehicles

SP6 D6.4 Final results: Impacts on traffic safety

Improvement of road safety is one of the main challenges for European transportation. A promising route towards reducing road fatalities is through a wider deployment of new in-vehicle technologies that help drivers avoid crashes or to mitigate crash

SP6 D6.5 D6.6 Final results : Impacts on traffic efficiency and environment

This document provides the traffic efficiency and environmental impacts assessed in the euroFOT project. Traffic efficiency effects on mileage, speed and travel time are assessed, as well as effects on a change in congestion due to a change in number of

"Please, bike and tell me when you feel unsafe!" Analysis of safety-critical situations from a cyclist´s perspective in a naturalistic cycling study

Analysis of the role of inattention in road crashes based on naturalistic on-board safety monitoring data

The general objective of the present analysis was to investigate the role of driver inattention in rear-end crashes and crossing path intersection crashes. To this end, a set of 133 naturalistic crashes (70 rear-end and 63 intersection crashes), obtained

BikeSAFE - Analysis of Safety-Critical Events from Naturalistic Cycling Data

Cycling is a risky activity responsible for a large numbers of injuries and deaths every year. For example, in Europe cycling claims about 2000 lives each year. In the last decades, numerous research studies used accident databases to better understand the

BikeSAFE (TRV2012/13373) Slutrapport

Att cykla är ett miljövänligt och hälsosamt transportsätt som blir allt mer populärt i Sverige (Eriksson et al. 2006). Svenska myndigheter stödjer cykling som ett hållbart alternativ till att köra bil (Trafikkontoret 2012). Cykling är dock inte lika säkert

Chunking: a procedure to improve naturalistic data analysis

Every year, traffic accidents are responsible for more than 1,000,000 fatalities worldwide. Understanding the causes of traffic accidents and increasing safety on the road are priority issues for both legislators and the automotive industry. Recently, in

A conceptual framework and taxonomy for understanding and categorizing driver inattention

This documents reports on the results of the Inattention Taxonomy project, which was carried out by the Driver Distraction & Human Machine Interaction (DD & HMI) Working Group, under the framework of the United States and European Union Bilateral

Dialling, texting, and reading in real world driving: When do drivers choose to use mobile phones?

Mobile phone use is the most debated and studied form of driver distraction. Naturalistic driving studies have shown that the risk of being involved in a near-crash or crash increases during manual and visual interaction with a mobile phone (e.g., when

Driver behavior in car-to-pedestrian incidents: An application of the Driving Reliability and Error Analysis Method (DREAM)

To develop relevant road safety countermeasures, it is necessary to first obtain an in-depth understanding of how and why safety-critical situations such as incidents, near-crashes, and crashes occur. Video-recordings from naturalistic driving studies

e-BikeSAFE: A Naturalistic Cycling Study to Understand how Electrical Bicycles Change Cycling Behaviour and Influence Safety

Safety is a concern jeopardizing cycling sustainability. In Europe, more than 2.000 cyclists die every year in traffic accidents. Electrical bicycles amplify this concern because of their high speed and increasing prevalence. Previous studies, such as the

EDR Pre-Crash Data: Potential For Applications In Active Safety Testing

Passive safety testing has been based on accident research where objective physical evidence can be compiled and analysed when establishing technical test requirements. Active safety tests pose new challenges because objective data is more difficult to

Estimation of the severity of safety critical events

Today, various measures are used to estimate the severity of a traffic conflict. However, these measures are all limited to estimating the crash risk and do not include any estimates of the possible consequences of a potential crash. In accident analysis

Initial Analyses from the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study

Introduction - The second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) is conducting the largest and most comprehensive naturalistic driving study (NDS) ever imagined. The study recruited 2,800 volunteer drivers, ages 16–80, across six sites: two counties

A method for extracting data for quantification of comfort zone boundaries for intersection negotiation from in-vehicle naturalistic data

Drivers’ allocation of attention and their driving behavior is partly driven by their expectations for how events will unfold in the near future (Engström, 2011; Weir & McRuer, 1973). Comfort zone boundaries based on drivers’ expectations lead drivers to