Analysis of Off-Roadway Crashes for Intelligent Commercial Vehicle Applications
Date Published: 2001-11-12
Paper Number:2001-01-2820
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-2820
Citation:
Boyle, L. and Najm, W., "Analysis of Off-Roadway Crashes for Intelligent Commercial Vehicle Applications," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-2820, 2001, doi:10.4271/2001-01-2820.
Author(s):
Linda Ng Boyle - United States DOT-Volpe Center
Wassim G. Najm - United States DOT-Volpe Center
Abstract:
This paper presents the results from an analysis of off-roadway crashes involving commercial vehicles (large trucks – medium and heavy trucks) in support of the roadway departure research area, part of the United States (US) Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Vehicle Initiative. This analysis deals with off-roadway crashes in which the first harmful event occurs off the roadway after a vehicle in transport departs the travel road due to loss of control or crossing the edge of the roadway. Approximately 136,000 such crashes were reported in the US over a 3-year period based on the 1996–1998 National Automotive Sampling System/General Estimates System crash databases.
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