Essays about: "Encroachment on road"
Found 3 essays containing the words Encroachment on road.
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1. Analysis and Simulation Study of Stochastic Time-To-Collision as a Severity Measure in Traffic Security
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : Traffic accidents are extremely rare, creating the need for surrogate methods for safety analysis that makes efficient use of the information provided by traffic conflicts, which also are limited in availability. The severity measure time-to-collision (TTC) in combination with extreme value theory have so far been one of the primary measures used to infer traffic safety levels, but it relies on unrealistic assumptions that results in severity measures that do not always agree well with observed danger. READ MORE
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2. An Extreme Value Approach to Road Safety Analysis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : In this thesis we study the feasibility of applying extreme value theory to data regarding road safety. In particular, we propose a model for assessing the risk of collision and near collision using extreme value theory. READ MORE
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3. Minor field study on traffic safety in Ghana : Pedestrian and cyclist facilities and access in central Accra
University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälleAbstract : This study is an analysis of the traffic situation for pedestrians and bicyclist, unprotected road users, in Accra’s Central Business District. A Swedish method, Calm streets, is used to identify conflicts in the mixed traffic situation. The findings reveal a large amount of conflicts between unprotected road users and motor vehicles. READ MORE