Influence of the visibility out of the vehicle cabin on lane-change crashes
dc.contributor.author | Sivak, Michael | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schoettle, B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Reed, M. P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Flannagan, M. J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-12-13T15:49:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-12-13T15:49:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-11 | |
dc.identifier | 99226 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | UMTRI-2005-32 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57451 | |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 40) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The influence of lateral visibility from the vehicle cabin on safety was evaluated by examining the differences in lane-change crashes of four-door and two-door body styles of the same vehicle models. These two vehicle styles were used because B-pillars on four-door models are farther forward, and thus nearer the fore-aft position of the driver. (Furthermore, the B-pillars on two-door models can be narrower, and some two-door models have no B-pillars at all.) To control for driver differences between these two body styles, going-straight-ahead crashes were used for comparison. The analysis used 2000-2003 North Carolina crash data, and considered the crash experience of four-door and two-door body styles for the same 10 vehicles for model years 1995 and newer. The main finding is that four-door body styles are more likely to be involved in lanechange crashes than are two-door body styles of the same vehicle models. This finding suggests that lateral visibility out of the vehicle cabin affects safety. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Industry Affiliation Program for Human Factors in Transportation Safety | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 16 | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 754145 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Transportation Research Institute | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Side Windows | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Accident Causation/ Accident Patterns | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Lane Changing | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Vehicle Body Pillars | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Visibility | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Vehicle Body Types | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Two-Door Vehicles | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Four-Door Vehicles | en_US |
dc.title | Influence of the visibility out of the vehicle cabin on lane-change crashes | en_US |
dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Transportation | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57451/1/99226.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) |
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