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A Study on Tram Traffic Accidents Characteristics and Safety Measures (트램 교통사고 특성 및 안전대책에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sooil;Myung, Myohee;Kim, Taeho
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.505-512
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    • 2019
  • This study is a basic study to prepare safety measures for the tram that is being introduced into Korea by reviewing accident analysis and accident compensation system of the tram. Analysis of accident characteristics of the tram was analyzed based on overseas data. Five years after the inauguration of the tram, accidents were halved and stabilized. Deaths accounted for 0.5 % of all casualties, most accidents were minor. Accidents with other mean transportation were high 84.1 %, among them accidents with passenger cars was found to be highest. The frequent points of accidents were analyzed as intersections and tram stop, and measures for pedestrian accidents were found to be important. Those are proposed safety measures through analyzing tram accident characteristics: Monitoring accidents which occur within five years of its inauguration, developing accident database input system, installation of fences for preventing people from jaywalking, operating traffic signal for preventing people from jaywalking through connection of pedestrian signals and tram signals, clamping down on illegal U-turn cars and jaywalking pedestrian, Also, those are proposed accident treatment measures based on general driver receptively and overseas data: property damage liability coverage (PI) of car insurance, comparative negligence when the accident occurs between car and tram.

Coasting and Post-impact Motion of a Vehicle With Tire Blowout (타이어 펑크 차량의 주행 및 충돌후 거동)

  • Han, Inhwan;Lim, Sanghyun;Park, Jong-Chan;Choi, Jihun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.503-512
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, various tire blow-out force experiment data were collected and analyzed to obtain approximate values of related coefficients such as rolling resistance, self-aligning torque, cornering stiffness, and radial stiffness for the analysis of the motion of vehicles with tire blow-outs. These coefficients related to tire blow-outs were input into a vehicle accident analysis program to simulate and examine the effects of tire blow-outs. Various configurations and velocities of vehicle collisions without tire blow-outs were also used as reference to establish collision events of vehicle collisions with tire blow-outs. For the events, the simulation analysis was performed and collision characteristics were obtained. Consideration of tire blow-outs or damages suggested in this study will greatly contribute to more reliable vehicle accident reconstructions.

A Comparative Study on the Traffic Effects of Speed Limit Reduction on the Urban and Provincial Roads (제한속도 하향에 따른 도시부 도로와 지방부 도로의 교통영향 비교 분석)

  • Yoon, Young-Min
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.430-438
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    • 2020
  • Many local governments are reducing speed limits according to the "Safe Speed 5030" policy implemented by the government to reduce traffic accident deaths. In the urban road sections in many metropolitan cities where speed limit reduction is applied as a pilot project, the decrease effect of the traffic accident number and death count is shown; however, no study of the effect analysis on the road sections of medium and small cities (basic local government unit) is found. Therefore, this study investigated the travel speed, number of traffic accidents, and death count before and after the implementation of speed limit reduction, targeting some urban road sections in Pyeongtaek city and some provincial road sections in Icheon city among basic local governments, namely among medium and small cities in Seoul Metropolitan Area.

Study on the Ways to Improve Deep Underground Road Facilities and Operation Based on the Cases of Longitudinal Tunnel (장대터널의 사례에 기반한 대심도 지하도로 교통시설 및 운영 개선방안)

  • Choi, Jong Chul;Lim, Joon Beom;Hong, Ji yeon;Lee, Sung Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.122-131
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    • 2015
  • Recently, starting with the deep underground road construction plan in Seobu Expressway, Korea, there area many studies on deep underground roads to be newly built. However, there is an extreme lack of safety standards, which does not consider traffic conditions and road driving characteristics. Therefore, this study reviewed safety elements to reflect in the deep underground road planning by analyzing driving stability of longitudinal tunnels with road environments, which resemble deep underground roads. For comprehensive analysis, the characteristics and causes of the accidents that have occurred in seven longitudinal tunnels with a length of 2km or over in Gangwon area, were collected. Specifically, geometric structures and facilities of each tunnel were investigated. Also, the present state of facility installation and the changes in driving speed of vehicles passing through each tunnel were observed to analyze the causes for the traffic accidents in each tunnel and accident reduction alternatives. It was revealed that the most frequent accidents in the tunnels resulted from the changes of traffic flow due to the abrupt speed reduction of forward vehicles, or the failure in speed control of following vehicles during the traffic congestion situation. Moreover, installing facilities such as plane and longitudinal curves, median strips and marginal strips seem to induce consistent driving speed. These results mean that for accident prevention, speed management must be preceded and there is a need to develop and introduce safety facilities actively to control the driving flow of forward and following vehicles.

Study of Analysis for Autonomous Vehicle Collision Using Text Embedding (텍스트 임베딩을 이용한 자율주행자동차 교통사고 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sangmin;Lee, Hwanpil;So, Jaehyun(Jason);Yun, Ilsoo
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.160-173
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    • 2021
  • Recently, research on the development of autonomous vehicles has increased worldwide. Moreover, a means to identify and analyze the characteristics of traffic accidents of autonomous vehicles is needed. Accordingly, traffic accident data of autonomous vehicles are being collected in California, USA. This research examined the characteristics of traffic accidents of autonomous vehicles. Primarily, traffic accident data for autonomous vehicles were analyzed, and the text data used text-embedding techniques to derive major keywords and four topics. The methodology of this study is expected to be used in the analysis of traffic accidents in autonomous vehicles.

The Traffic Accident Characteristics and Reduction Methods of Elderly Pedestrian in Accordance with the Advent of the Aging Society -Focused on Jeju (고령사회 도래에 따른 노인보행자 교통사고 특성 및 감소방안 -제주지역을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Kyung-Bum
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.197-207
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    • 2015
  • In this research, Check the problems through analysis of traffic accidents while the elderly walking. Propose a way to reduce elderly traffic accidents. Therefore, analyzing the characteristics(by time and place etc) in order to reduce the traffic accident in the elderly pedestrian. Proposed the following Policy alternatives. First, Build a pedestrian safety island on the center of the road. Secondly, Should install the pedestrian crossing signal facilities which show the spare time and the guard rail to prevent crosswalk. Third, Should expend the installation area of pedestrian-operating traffic signal. Fourth, the night lighting facilities shall be installed nearby Crosswalk. Finally, Should appoint the elderly care area. Measures presented in this study, I hope they can be the basic data for the elderly in traffic safety policies for the elderly in accordance with the advent of aging society.

Comparative Analysis of Traffic Accident Severity of Two-Wheeled Vehicles Using XGBoost (XGBoost를 활용한 이륜자동차 교통사고 심각도 비교분석)

  • Kwon, Cheol woo;Chang, Hyun ho
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2021
  • Emergence of the COVID 19 pandemic has resulted in a sharp increase in the number of two-wheeler vehicular traffic accidents, prompting the introduction of numerous efforts for their prevention. This study applied XGBoost to determine the factors that affect severity of two-wheeled vehicular traffic accidents, by examining data collected over the past 10 years and analyzing the influence of each factor. Among the total factors assessed, variables affecting the severity of traffic accidents were overwhelmingly high in cases of signal violations, followed by the age group of drivers (60s or older), factors pertaining only to the car, and cases of centerline infringement. Based on the research results, a reasonable legal reform plan was proposed to prevent serious traffic accidents and strengthen safety management of two-wheeled vehicles. Based on the research results, we propose a reasonable legal reform plan to prevent serious traffic accidents and strengthen safety management of two-wheeled vehicles.