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Simulation study of traffic accidents on a three-lane highway

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  • Jau-Yang Chang

    (Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Formosa University, Hu-Wei, Yun-Lin 63208, Taiwan)

  • Wun-Cing Lai

    (Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Formosa University, Hu-Wei, Yun-Lin 63208, Taiwan)

Abstract

Unsuitable driving behaviors often lead to the occurrence of traffic accidents. To reduce accidents and to prolong human life, simulated investigations are highly desirable to evaluate the effect of traffic safety in terms of number of traffic accidents. In this paper, a three-lane traffic flow model is proposed to analyze the probability of the occurrence of traffic accidents on highway. We define appropriate driving rules for the forward moving and lane changing of the vehicles. Three types of vehicle accidents are designed to investigate the relationships between different driving behaviors and traffic accidents. We simulate four road driving strategies, and compute the traffic flow, velocity, lane-changing frequency and the probability of the occurrence of traffic accidents for different road driving strategies. According to the simulation and analysis, it is shown that the probability of the occurrence of traffic accidents can be reduced by using the specified road driving strategies. Additionally, we found that the occurrence of traffic accidents can be avoided when the slow vehicles are suitably constrained to move on a three-lane highway.

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  • Jau-Yang Chang & Wun-Cing Lai, 2015. "Simulation study of traffic accidents on a three-lane highway," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 26(03), pages 1-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:26:y:2015:i:03:n:s0129183115500278
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183115500278
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