• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.9-17
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• 1999

교통문제는 과거에 비하여 보다 복잡해지고 다양해지고 있으며, 이러한 교통문제를 해결하기 위한 방안을 도출하는 분석기법 또한 다양해지고 있다. 이러한 기법중 안전도 평가기법에 관한 연구는 선진국에서는 1970년대부터 진행되어 왔으나, 이에 반하여 국내에서는 최근에서야 안전도에 대한 문제가 부각되면서 이에 대한 연구가 시작되고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문은 국내 외 연구사례를 중심으로 교통상충기법(TCT)을 소개하였고, 가장 진보된 방법인 스웨덴의 상충분석기법을 기반으로 국내에 적용할 수 있도록 모형을 개발하고 심각한 정도에 따라 4개 죤으로 분류하여 위험순위를 평가할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였으며, 실제로 이러한 상충분석기법을 국내의 3개 교차로 분석에 적용하여 보았다. 사고와 상충간의 conversion factor는 수집된 자료의 부족으로 사고자료의 심각도까지는 고려하지 못하였으 나, TA값을 구하고 4개죤 분류를 통하여 위험순위를 분석하여 교차로의 안전도평가에 이용할 수 있음은 보여주었다. 상충조사 분석은 안전도 평가를 저 비용과 짧은 시간내에 보다 상세한 결과를 도출할 수 있다는 점과 대상지의 사전 후 단기간 평가 방법에 가장 효과적인 기법이라는 측면에서 국내 안전도 평가에 많이 적용되기를 바란다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.23 no.4 s.82
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• pp.31-36
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• 2005

Traffic safety evaluation of a city or area on the basis of the accident rate has a limitation that its result is dependent on the characteristics of population. In this paper. we developed a methodology of taking simultaneously the population into account in evaluating the safety, and calculated the traffic safety evaluation index of 25 local governments in the metropolitan area. Based on the result of calculation of the traffic safety evaluation index, it is identified that the proposed approach is able to be an alternative to cooperatively consider various population. The correlation coefficients between the traffic safety evaluation index I(X) which is cooperatively consider the population size and road length, and population based F(P) and road length based F(L) are 0.68 and 0.92 respectively. This means that the proposed approach can overcome the limitation which safety evaluation index are differently calculated according to the characteristics of population. The methodology and traffic safety evaluation index proposed in this paper can be utilized in executing the traffic safety policies for local governments and areas.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.7-15
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• 2008

New Car Assessment Program(NCAP) provides consumers with vehicle safety information, primarily front and side crash rating results, and more recently rollover ratings, to aid consumers in their vehicle purchase decisions. NCAP is a system to improve driver and passenger safety by providing market incentives for vehicle manufacturers to voluntarily design their vehicles to better protect drivers and passengers in a crash and be less susceptible to rollover, rather than by regulatory directives. NCAP have been performed since 1999 in Korea by the government in order to reduce fatalities and injuries caused by traffic accidents. Although as the number of vehicles models increases, more vehicle models are required to be test and NCAP is evaluated as a valuable system for vehicle safety, the expansion of the system is slow. It looks like that the benefit of NCAP quantitatively was not verified. In this study, based on the idea that the benefit of the NCAP is defined as the decrease of traffic accident severity by improving vehicle safety, a methodology to analyze the effectiveness of NCAP quantitatively in terms of traffic safety was developed. According to the developed methodology, the reduced numbers of fatalities and injuries were 1.51 and 466 in 2005.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.26-36
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• 2013

Highway traffic safety evaluation of area on the basis of the accident rate has a limitation, thus its result is dependent on the exposure variables. It works an obstacle to decision making for effective budget execution. In this paper, we developed a methodology of taking simultaneously macroscopic exposure indicators into account in evaluating the safety using least squares method. The weight of exposure indicators to make up of highway traffic safety evaluation index is that accident rate per population, accident rate per registration vehicle and accident rate per length of road is 0.29, 0.52 and 0.19 respectively and calculated the highway traffic safety index of total local governments in Korea. The methodology to calculate highway traffic safety evaluation index proposed in this paper can be utilized in executing the traffic safety policies to increase the efficiency of investment about traffic safety budget.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.163-175
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• 2002

Fatalities from traffic accidents constitute one of the major health issues as well as safety ones in Korea. It has been reported that traffic accident is affected by the combined effects of road. vehicle. and human factors. Over the past few decades, a number of studies have been conducted to find the impact of road geometric factors on traffic safety. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of road geometric factors on traffic safety on Korean expressways. Detailed geometric design data were available from Korea Highway Corporation. Five-year traffic accident data on Honam expressway were collected and analyzed. It was found that following geometric factors influence traffic safety on expressways : radius of curve, curve length, and length of straight section. Furthermore, the existence of I.C. turned out to have a significant impact on traffic safety level. Based on the data analysis several multiple regression forms that relate traffic accident frequencies and geometric factors on expressways are developed.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.305-320
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• 2011

The objectives of the present research are twofold. First, this research aims to compare the effect of trait characteristics(sensation seeking, social resistance and type-A behavior) with that of driving specific characteristics(driving anger and type-A driving) on problematic driving behavior. Second, the role of life stress as a mediator in the relationships between general trait characteristics and traffic safety index was examined. 1158 licensed commercial vehicle drivers were surveyed and their accident-related records were obtained in this research. Results showed that driving specific characteristics were significant indicators of traffic safety and life stress mediated the relationships between general trait characteristics and traffic safety index. These findings implicate that understanding drivers' driving specific characteristics and their levels of life stress is important to reduce problematic driving behaviors and enhance traffic safety.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.155-178
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• 1996

신호교차로 서비스수준은, 객관적으로 측정 할 수 있는 여러 가지 기준에 의해 결정될 수 있다. 예를 들면, 지체시간(Delay), 교통사고수(Number of Accident), 교통사고율(Accident Rate), 충돌수(Traffic Conflict), 그리고 교통사고에 노출된 차량수(Exposure)등이다. 지금까지는 1985 Highway Capacity Manual(HCM)에서 소개된 지체시간에 의한 서비스수준 결정방법이 널리 사용되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 1985 HCM 방법의 중용성과 유용성에 대해 논하지 않고, 교통안전(Safety)에 의한 신호교차로 서비스수준 결정방법을 제시하였다. 교차로의 위험도(Degree of Intersection Hazard)를 예측하기 위해, 교통사고빈도 수가 가장 높은 두가지 교통사고 유형, 즉 좌회전추돌(Left-Tum)과 후미추돌(Rear-End) 예측 모형이 개발되었다. 여기서 첫째, 좌회전추돌 위험도를 예측하기 위하여 음지수 분포(Negative-Exponential Distribution)를 이용한 확률적 모형이 개발되었다. 둘째, 후미추돌 위험도를 예측하기 위하여 연속류 모형(Continuum Model)을 이용한 거시적 모형이 개발되었다. 개발된 두가지 모형을 이용하여 신호교차로 안전도를 예측하였으며 교차로 서비스수준이 안전도에 의해 결정되었다. 본 논문에서 제시된 교통안전에 의한 신호교차로 서비스수준 결정방법은 연동교차로를 제외한 독립교차로에만 적용이 된다.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.13-25
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• 2024

In traffic management, gaps in understanding traffic conditions continue to exist. While the self-belonging problem indicator develops relative to speed, belonging, and self-based relative inclination, it does not apply elimination criteria that may indicate situations that contrast with attribute-specific problems. In this study, we develop integrated indicators that specify communication situations and safety levels for modeling. We review indicators of changes in traffic conditions and raise safety issues, reviewing the indicators so that ITS data can be applied, analyzing the relationships between indicators through factor analysis. We develop combined, integrated indicators that can show changes and stability in traffic situations and that can be applied in traffic information centers to contribute to the development of a traffic environment that can monitor related traffic conditions.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.3D
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• pp.205-213
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• 2010

The unsignalized intersections in a community road in the city of Seoul have 3,753 traffic accidents(9%) of total 41,702 cases in 2008, not high in the occurrence rate of traffic accidents, but seem to have a quite high potential of accidents due to the unreasonable and insufficient operation of systems and facilities in the part of traffic foundations. In particular, the un-signalized intersections in a community road have an insufficient measure for safety as compared to the crossroads with signals, and there are few analysis of traffic accidents and domestic researches on the model of affecting factors. Our country also has no concept of passing priority in operating a crossroad without signals, differently from foreign countries, so the researches and safety measures for improving the safety of a crossroad without signals in a community road are urgent. Therefore, this research has developed a safety model for a crossroad without signals in a community road based on the safety image data collected through individual interviews and questionnaires for the users of unsignalized intersections in a community road, and confirmed that legal systems, road facilities, personal factors, etc. have the biggest effect on the safety of drivers. It was confirmed that the clarity of passing methods, establishment of legal systems, etc. have the biggest effect on safety in order to raise the safety of unsignalized intersections in a community road, which drivers desire.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.5 no.1 s.9
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• pp.55-63
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• 2006

Speeding is one of the major causes of traffic accidnets in urban areas. Driver feedback sign(DFS) is a traffic control device that can be used for many traffic environments including work zones, school zones, and roadways. In this paper, the effectiveness of DFS was evaluated through a field study using speed data collected from before and after study periods. In addition traffic safety improvement was also quantitatively estimated using the variance of speed data collected. Staistical test results showed that the speed difference was statistically significant, and the distribution of speed data was also shifted greatly. Therefore, it was concluded that installing the DFS in roadways might lead to unifomity of speed of traffic flow, thus, potential safety improvement might be expected.