Towards linking driving complexity to crash risk

Crash Risk of Alcohol Impaired Driving

In order to determine the relative crash risk of drivers at various blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels a case-control study was conducted in Long Beach, CA and Fort Lauderdale, FL. Data was collected on 4,919 drivers involved in 2,871 crashes of all severities. In addition, two drivers at the same location, day of week and time of day were sampled a week after a crash, which produced 10,0...

Crash Risk of Alcohol Involved Driving: A Case-Control Study

Can Driving Simulation Be Used to Predict Changes in Real-world Crash Risk?

This report considers and answers the question of whether driving simulation can be used to reliably predict changes in real-world crash risk. Following a review of the main issues relating to simulator validity and fidelity, including advantages and disadvantages of using driving simulators compared to test-track, or on-road, instrumented vehicle research, descriptions of a number of popular s...

Novice drivers' risky driving behavior, risk perception, and crash risk: findings from the DRIVE study.

OBJECTIVES We explored the risky driving behaviors and risk perceptions of a cohort of young novice drivers and sought to determine their associations with crash risk. METHODS Provisional drivers aged 17 to 24 (n = 20 822) completed a detailed questionnaire that included measures of risk perception and behaviors; 2 years following recruitment, survey data were linked to licensing and police-r...

Driving Simulator Use for Pre-Crash Tests

This paper presents the first experiment managed as part of the Sciences and Technologies for Safety in Transport (ST2) program, a French national research project. In this program, human physical reactions are studied in order to adapt primary and secondary safety systems to driver behavior. The objective of the present study was to examine how car drivers modify their posture just prior to a ...