| FEATURES OF FATAL TRUCK ACCIDENTS COMPARED WITH SEDANS |
| Shoko Oikawa1, Yasuhiro Matsui2, Naoyuki Kubota1, Shigeru Aomura1, Kazuhiro Sorimachi3, Akira Imanishi3, Takeshi Fujimura3 |
1Tokyo Metropolitan University
2Vehicle Safety Research Department, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory
3Isuzu Advanced Engineering Center, Ltd. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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This study clarified the features of fatal truck–pedestrian and truck–cyclist accidents by a comparison with sedans. Fatal accident data from the Japanese Institute Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis (ITARDA) database were analyzed for the years 2012 ~ 2016. The trucks were classified into three categories: heavy-, medium-, and light-duty. All three categories had higher percentages of pedestrians as fatal collision partners as opposed to cyclists. Every truck category had significantly higher percentages of pedestrian fatalities due to daytime right turns than sedans. Heavy-duty trucks had significantly higher percentages of cyclist fatalities due to daytime and nighttime left turns than sedans. These results show that the design specifications for new sensing technology to avoid collisions with pedestrians and cyclists should differ among vehicle types. The knowledge obtained in this study will be useful to develop new technology or systems that are effective in dangerous situations between trucks and pedestrians or cyclists. |
| Key Words:
Truck, Pedestrian, Cyclist, Driving scenario, Fatal accident |
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Yasuhiro Matsui , Email. 
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