The main objective of this study was to utilize Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology to obtain highway safety-related information. The safety needs of older drivers in terms of prolonged reaction times were taken into consideration. Older drivers were considered because their crash fatality rate is the highest among all age-based groups in the U.S. and the proportion of their population is increasing with time. The tasks undertaken in this study were (1) identification of crashes that older drivers are more likely to be involved in, (2) identification of highway geometric features that are important in such crashes, (3) utilization of LIDAR data for obtaining information on the identified highway geometric features, and (4) assessment of the feasibility of using LIDAR data for such applications.
Remote Sensing (LIDAR) for Management of Highway Assets for Safety
2003
45 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Highway safety , Aged drivers , LIDAR , Optical radar , Literature review , Reaction time , Data analysis , Remote sensing , Sight distances , Accident prevention , Intersection accidents , Transportation safety , Highway geometry
Springer Verlag | 2017
|NTIS | 1997
|NTRS | 1997
|NTIS | 1997
|NTRS | 1997
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