New Risk Management Findings from Tel Aviv University Outlined (Traffic accident risk assessment with dynamic microsimulation model using range-range…

New Risk Management Findings from Tel Aviv University Outlined (Traffic accident risk assessment with dynamic microsimulation model using range-range rate graphs)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Risk Management are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Tel Aviv, Israel, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Analysis of accidents that involve vehicles and pedestrians requires accurate reproduction of the dynamics of the vehicles and pedestrians immediately prior to and during the accident. In many cases, only centimeters and milliseconds separate survival from disaster, particularly when high-speed aggressive drivers and careless pedestrians are involved."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Tel Aviv University, "In this paper we present a methodology for analyzing the dynamic interaction between drivers in conflict scenarios with pedestrians. We assess the safety of a traffic location's environment with a high-resolution, spatially explicit, dynamic agent-based simulation model - SAFEPED. Based on the resulting data, Range-Range Rate (R-RR) graphs are generated. These graphs provide compact, simple, and objective presentation of the dynamic interaction between vehicles and pedestrians. Significant traffic risk indicators such as Time-To-Collision, acceleration/deceleration rates, and minimal distances between vehicles and pedestrians are easily extracted from the R-RR graphs."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "These indicators can provide insights on particular traffic scenarios and can assist road planners and developers of traffic safety measures in understanding the dynamic behavior of drivers and pedestrians before and during a conflict scenario."

For more information on this research see: Traffic accident risk assessment with dynamic microsimulation model using range-range rate graphs. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2018;119():248-262. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G. Waizman, Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Geog, Tel Aviv, Israel. Additional authors for this research include S. Shoval and I. Benenson.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.07.027. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia, Risk Management, Tel Aviv University.

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