Detailed Analysis of the Benefit of Different Traffic Safety Systems in Fatal Accidents

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Main author

Eichberger, A.

Co-Authors

Tomasch, E.; Rohm, R.; Steffan, H. Hirschberg, W.

Type of media

PDF

Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2010

Publisher

19. EVU Conference, Prague

Citation

Eichberger, A.: Detailed Analysis of the Benefit of Different Traffic Safety Systems in Fatal Accidents. 19. EVU Conference, Prague

The variety in accident causation has led to the development of several different traffic safety systems (TSS) for collision avoidance or reduction of collision severity. Hence, a question of prioritisation for the market introduction of these systems arises. The present paper describes a method which investigates the benefit potential of different systems. The in-depth accident database ZEDATU, including fatal accidents, in Austria is used. The pre-collision phase was investigated with numerical accident reconstruction using PC-Crash. The efficiency of safety systems is calculated either by integration of intervention systems in the simulation (ESC, ABS, Brake Assist and Evasive Manoeuvre Assistant) or by subjective evaluation of the pre-collision situation. The main advantage of the presented method is that many different traffic safety systems are analysed in detail using the same representative sample with comparatively high case numbers, thereby leading to improved comparability.