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Analysis of Traffic Safety Effectiveness of Vehicle Seat-belt Wearing Detection System

주행차량 안전벨트 착용 검지시스템 교통안전 효과 분석

  • Ji won Park (Dept. of Smart City Eng., Univ. of Hanyang) ;
  • Su bin Park (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Sang cheol Kang (GnT Solution, Inc.) ;
  • Cheol Oh (Dept. of Transportation and Logistics Eng., Univ. of Hanyang)
  • 박지원 (한양대학교 스마트시티공학과) ;
  • 박수빈 (한국건설기술연구원 도로교통연구본부) ;
  • 강상철 ((주)지앤티솔루션) ;
  • 오철 (한양대학교 교통물류공학과)
  • Received : 2023.05.22
  • Accepted : 2023.08.10
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

Although it is mandatory to wear a seat belt that can minimize human injury when traffic accident occurs, the number of traffic accident casualties not wearing seat belts still accounts for a significant proportion.The seat belt wearing detection system for all seats is a system that identifies whether all seat passengers wear a seat belt and encourages their usage, also it can be a useful technical countermeasure. Firstly, this study established the viability of system implementation by assessing the factors influencing the severity of injuries in traffic accidents through the development of an ordered probit model. Analysis results showed that the use of seat belts has statistically significant effects on the severity of traffic accidents, reducing the probability of death or serious injury by 0.054 times in the event of a traffic accident. Secondly, a meta-analysis was conducted based on prior research related to seat belts and injuries in traffic accidents to estimate the expected reduction in accident severity upon the implementation of the system.The analysis of the effect of accident severity reduction revealed that wearing seat belts would lead to a 63.3% decrease in fatal accidents, with the front seats showing a reduction of 75.7% and the rear seats showing a reduction of 58.1% in fatal accidents. Lastly, Using the results of the meta-analysis and traffic accident statistics, the expected decrease in the number of traffic accident casualties with the implementation of the system was derived to analyze the traffic safety effects of the proposed detection system. The analysis demonstrated that with an increase in the adoption rate of the system, the number of casualties in accidents where seat belts were not worn decreased. Specifically, at a system adoption rate of 60%, it is anticipated that the number of fatalities would decrease by more than three times compared to the current scenario. Based on the analysis results, operational strategies for the system were proposed to increase seat belt usage rates and reduce accident severity.

교통사고로 인한 인체 상해를 최소화할 수 있는 안전벨트의 착용이 전 좌석에서 의무임에도 불구하고, 안전벨트를 착용하지 않은 교통사고 사상자수는 여전히 많은 비율을 차지한다. 주행차량 내 전 좌석 안전벨트 착용 검지시스템은 탑승자의 안전벨트 착용 여부를 판단하고 착용을 유도하는 시스템으로 안전벨트 미착용 사상자수 감소를 위한 유용한 기술적 대응방안이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 첫 번째로 순서형프로빗 모형을 활용한 교통사고 상해심각도 영향요인 평가를 통해 시스템 도입에 대한 타당성을 제시하였다. 분석결과, 안전벨트 착용 여부는 교통사고 상해심각도에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치며 안전벨트 착용 시 사망 및 치명상에 이를 확률이 0.054배 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 두 번째로 안전벨트 및 교통사고 상해와 관련된 선행연구를 기반으로 메타분석을 수행하여 시스템 도입 시 기대되는 사고심각도 감소효과를 추정하였다. 사고심각도 감소효과 분석결과, 안전벨트 착용 시 사망사고가 63.3% 감소할 것으로 분석되었으며 앞좌석은 75.7%, 뒷좌석은 58.1%의 사망사고 감소효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 메타분석 결과와 교통사고 통계자료를 기반으로 시스템 도입 시 기대되는 교통사고 사상자수 감소효과를 도출하여 시스템의 교통안전 측면 효과를 분석하였다. 시스템 도입률이 증가함에 따라 안전벨트 미착용 교통사고 사상자수가 감소하였으며 시스템 도입률이 60%일 경우 사망자수는 현재 대비 3배 이상 감소할 것으로 예상되었다. 분석결과를 활용하여 안전벨트 착용률을 높이고 사고심각도를 저감시킬 수 있는 시스템 운영 방안을 제시하였다.

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