Review of Current Study Methods for VRU Safety Part 1 – Main Report
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Project No. 635895 — InDeV InDeV: In-Depth understanding of accident causation for Vulnerable road users HORIZON 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Deliverable 2.1 - part 1 of 5 Review of current study methods for VRU safety Part 1 – Main report Due date of deliverable: (30.08.2016) Start date of project: 01 May 2015 Duration: 36 months Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland) Revision 2.1 Dissemination Level PU Public x PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Serv ices) RE Restricted to a group specif ied by the consortium (including the Commission Serv ices) CO Conf idential, only f or members of the consortium (including the Commission Serv ices) Document information Authors Chapter 2: Piotr Olszewski (WUT) Chapter 3: Piotr Olszewski, Beata Osińska, Piotr Szagała, Paweł Włodarek (WUT) Chapter 4: Piotr Olszewski, Beata Osińska, Przemysław Skoczyński, Anna Zielińska (WUT) Chapter 5: Sandra Niesen (BASt), Pau Hosta (INTRA) Chapter 6: Tanja Kidholm Osmann Madsen (AAU) Chapter 7: Wouter van Haperen (HU) Chapter 8: Carl Johnsson, Aliaksei Laureshyn, Andras Varhelyi (LU) Chapter 9: Katrine Rabjerg Meltofte (AAU), Camilla Sloth Andersen (AAU) Chapter 10: Piotr Olszewski (WUT) Project Coordinator Aliaksei Laureshyn Department of Technology and Society Lund University Box 118 221 00 Lund, Sweden Phone: +46 46 222 91 31 Email: [email protected] Coordinator of WP 2 Piotr Olszewski Department of Civil Engineering Warsaw University of Technology Al. Armii Ludowej 16 00-637 Warsaw, Poland Phone: +48 22 234 6331 Email: [email protected] Project funding Horizon 2020 Grant agreement No. 635895 ii Deliverable D2.1 “Review of current study methods for VRU safety – part 1” Revision and History Chart Version Date Comment 1.1 2016-07-30 First draft 1.2 2016-09-08 Second draft sent for review 2.1 2016-09-30 Final This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 635895. This publication reflects only the authors’ view. Responsibility for the information and views expressed therein lies entirely with the authors. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. - iii - Deliverable D2.1 “Review of current study methods for VRU safety – part 1” - iv - Deliverable D2.1 “Review of current study methods for VRU safety – part 1” Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary .......................................................................................................... 1 2. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 5 2.1. Objective and scope ...................................................................................................... 5 2.2. InDeV questionnaire surveys ....................................................................................... 6 3. Epidemiological studies based on accident data.......................................................... 8 3.1. Description of epidemiological studies ....................................................................... 8 3.2. Overview of the method’s applications.....................................................................10 3.2.1. Types of traffic accident analysis reports .........................................................10 3.2.2. General traffic safety report ................................................................................10 3.2.3. Black spot analysis ...............................................................................................12 3.2.4. Road network safety analysis .............................................................................15 3.2.5. Research-type epidemiological studies ............................................................16 3.3. InDeV questionnaire survey on epidemiological studies .......................................19 3.3.1. Structure of the questionnaire ............................................................................19 3.3.2. General Traffic Safety Reports ...........................................................................19 3.3.3. Black Spot Analysis..............................................................................................22 3.3.4. Road Network Safety Analysis ...........................................................................24 3.4. Best practice examples of epidemiological studies ................................................25 3.5. Summary .......................................................................................................................28 4. Quality of accident data .................................................................................................. 30 4.1. Problems with accident data quality .........................................................................30 4.1.1. Types of data problems .......................................................................................30 4.1.2. Definition of a road accident ...............................................................................30 4.1.3. Underreporting ......................................................................................................31 4.1.4. Incomplete and inaccurate data .........................................................................32 4.2. International accident data sources ..........................................................................33 4.2.1. Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe CARE ............33 4.2.2. International Road Traffic and Accident Database IRTAD ............................34 4.2.3. World Health Organisation ..................................................................................35 4.3. InDeV questionnaire survey on data quality ............................................................35 4.4. Survey results ...............................................................................................................36 4.4.1. Summary tables ....................................................................................................36 4.4.2. Country notes and specific national conditions ...............................................39 4.5. Summary and conclusions .........................................................................................44 5. In-depth accident investigations .................................................................................... 47 5.1. Description of in-depth accident investigation.........................................................47 5.2. Overview of the method’s applications.....................................................................50 5.3. Studies related to VRU safety performed in InDeV partner countries.................51 5.3.1. Fatal accident statistics........................................................................................51 5.3.2. Limited time studies addressing specific questions ........................................52 5.3.3. Permanent studies................................................................................................58 5.4. Best practice examples of in-depth studies .............................................................58 5.5. Summary .......................................................................................................................59 6. Naturalistic driving studies ............................................................................................. 60 6.1. Description of the naturalistic driving study method...............................................60 - v - Deliverable D2.1 “Review of current study methods for VRU safety – part 1” 6.2. Overview of the application of naturalistic studies..................................................61 6.3. Summary of a scoping review of literature on naturalistic driving studies ..........62 6.4. Studies related to VRU safety performed in InDeV partner countries.................63 6.5. Best practice examples of naturalistic driving studies ...........................................64 6.6. Summary .......................................................................................................................65 7. Behavioural observations ............................................................................................... 66 7.1. Description of road user behavioural observation studies ....................................66 7.2. Summary of a scoping review on the current practices in behavioural observations studies in scientific literature ..........................................................................67 7.3. Studies related to VRU safety performed in InDeV partner countries.................70 7.4. Best practice example of a behavioural observation study...................................71 7.5. Summary .......................................................................................................................72 8. Traffic conflict studies ..................................................................................................... 73 8.1. Description of traffic conflict studies .........................................................................73 8.2. Overview of the method’s applications.....................................................................74 8.3. Summary of the scoping literature review on surrogate measures of safety in