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Title: Lane Departures


1
Lane Departures
  • By
  • Deborah S. McAvoy, M.S., P.E., PTOE
  • Tapan K. Datta, Ph.D., P.E.

2
Lane Departures
  • What are Lane Departures?
  • Vehicles leaving their designated lane
  • Crossing the Centerline
  • Leaving the Roadway
  • Where do Lane Departures Occur?
  • Low Traffic Volumes
  • High Travel Speeds
  • Rural Highways and Roadways

3
Lane Departures
  • Why do Lane Departures Occur?
  • Distracted Driving
  • Driver Fatigue
  • Driver Drowsiness or Falling Asleep
  • Driving Under the Influence

4
Distracted Driving
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    (NHTSA) estimates 25 of all crashes involve
    driver distraction
  • Distracted Driving
  • Drivers concentrate on something other than
    operating their vehicles

5
Distracted Driving
  • Physical Distractions
  • Searching for music on the radio
  • Changing CDs
  • Talking on a cell phone
  • Drinking/eating
  • Reading while driving
  • Talking to passengers/children

6
Distracted Driving
  • Cognitive Distractions
  • Gazing out the window
  • Wandering thoughts
  • Road Rage
  • Aggressive mood
  • Boredom
  • Fatigue

7
Drowsy/Fatigued Driving
  • NHTSA estimates falling asleep is responsible for

  • 100,000 crashes per year
  • 40,000 injuries per year
  • 1,550 fatalities per year

8
Drowsy/Fatigued Driving
  • Characteristics
  • Late night/early morning or mid-afternoon
    crashes
  • Crash is likely to be serious
  • Involves a single vehicle leaving the roadway
  • Crash occurs on a high-speed roadway
  • The driver does not attempt to avoid the crash
  • The driver is alone

9
US-2 Road Safety Audit
  • Sponsored by OHSP
  • Conducted by Wayne State University-Transportation
    Research Group Summer of 2005
  • Limited Scope
  • Crash Analysis

10
US-2
  • One of two main east-west routes in the UP
  • Located along the northern shore of Lake
    Michigan
  • Highly Scenic Route
  • Passes through several recreational areas
  • High percentage of Recreational Vehicles and
    Commercial Trucks

11
US-2 Project
US-2 Study Area, Crystal Falls to St. Ignace
12
US-2 Crash Analysis
  • Preliminary Crash Analysis
  • Detailed Crash Analysis of high-crash segments
  • Corridor Crash Analysis
  • High Deer Crash Locations
  • Speeding Related Crash Locations
  • Run-off-the-Road Crash Locations

13
US-2 Speed Studies
14
US-2 Speed Studies Commercial Vehicles
15
US-2 Crash Analysis
  • Focus Segment Crash Location Map

SV Single Vehicle Crash HO Head-on Crash RE
Rear-end Crash
16
US-2 Crash Trends
  • Yearly Crash Trends along US-2 (2001-2003)

17
  • Monthly Variation of Crashes along US-2
  • (2001-2003)

18
  • Time of Day Variation of Crashes along US-2
  • (2001-2003)

Injury and Fatal Crashes
Property Damage Only Run-off-the-Road Crashes
19
  • Light Condition Variation of Crashes along US-2
    (2001-2003)

Injury and Fatal Crashes
Property Damage Only Run-off-the-Road Crashes
20
  • Road Condition Variation of Crashes along US-2
    (2001-2003)

Injury and Fatal Crashes
Property Damage Only Run-off-the-Road Crashes
21
Annual Trend of Crashes along US-2 (2001-2003)
  • Involving Drivers Under the Influence of Alcohol
    (1999-2003)

Speeding-Related Crashes (1999-2003)
22
Annual Trend of Crashes along US-2 (2001-2003)
Involving Unbelted Drivers (1999-2003)
Deer-Related Crashes (1999-2003)
23
  • Type of crashes along US-2 (2001-2003)

24
Crash Causation along US-2
  • Detailed analysis of the 848 fatal crashes,
    injury crashes and PDO-ROR crashes (2001-2003)

25
Lost Control Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 191 Crashes
  • 71.5
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 41 Crashes
  • 15.4
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 33 Crashes
  • 12.4

26
Lost Control Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 163 Single Vehicle ROR Crashes
  • 7 Type A Injury
  • 12 Type B Injury
  • 28 Type C Injury
  • 9 Head-On ROR Crashes
  • 3 Fatal Crashes
  • 1 Type A Injury
  • 1 Type B Injury
  • 1 Type C Injury

27
Lost Control Crashes
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 32 Single Vehicle ROR Crashes
  • 3 Type A Injury
  • 7 Type C Injury
  • 3 Head-On ROR Crashes
  • 2 Type A Injury

28
Lost Control Crashes
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 25 Single Vehicle ROR Crashes
  • 3 Type A Injury
  • 3 Type B Injury
  • 2 Type C Injury
  • 5 Sideswipe Crashes
  • 1 Type A Injury
  • 1 Type C Injury
  • 2 Head-On ROR Crashes
  • 1 Fatal Crash
  • 1 Type C Injury

29
Failed to Yield Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 7 Crashes
  • 4.7
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 29 Crashes
  • 19.5
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 113 Crashes
  • 75.8

30
Failed to Yield Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 5 Angle (2 ROR)
  • 2 Type A Injury
  • 2 Type C Injury
  • 1 Rear-End
  • 1 Type C Injury

31
Failed to Yield Crashes
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 17 Angle Crashes (7 ROR)
  • 1 Fatal Crash (ROR)
  • 4 Type A Injury
  • 5 Type B Injury
  • 4 Type C Injury
  • 4 Head-On Crashes (1 ROR)
  • 2 Type B Injury
  • 1 Type C Injury
  • 4 Rear-End Crashes (1 ROR)
  • 2 Type B Injury
  • 1 Type C Injury

32
Failed to Yield Crashes
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 72 Angle Crashes (22 ROR)
  • 4 Fatal Crashes
  • 15 Type A Injury
  • 13 Type B Injury
  • 33 Type C Injury
  • 12 Head-on Crashes (1 ROR)
  • 1 Type A Injury (ROR)
  • 2 Type B Injury
  • 6 Type C Injury
  • 9 Single Vehicle Crashes (6 ROR )
  • 2 Type B Injury
  • 4 Type C Injury

33
Unable to Stop Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 17 Crashes
  • 13.3
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 40 Crashes
  • 31.3
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 71 Crashes
  • 55.5

34
Unable to Stop Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 7 Rear-End Crashes (3 ROR)
  • 5 Type C Injury
  • 4 Angle Crashes (3 ROR)
  • 1 Type B Injury
  • 1 Type C Injury

35
Unable to Stop Crashes
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 32 Rear-end Crashes (6 ROR)
  • 5 Type B Injury
  • 24 Type C Injury
  • 5 Angle Crashes (1 ROR)
  • 1 Fatal Crash (ROR)
  • 1 Type B Injury
  • 3 Type C Injury
  • 2 Single Vehicle ROR Crashes
  • 1 Type A Injury

36
Unable to Stop Crashes
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 54 Rear-end Crashes (3 ROR)
  • 3 Type A
  • 8 Type B
  • 43 Type C
  • 6 Single Vehicle Crashes (5 ROR)
  • 1 Type B
  • 3 Type C

37
Driver Fell Asleep Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 3 Crashes
  • 4.5
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 14 Crashes
  • 20.9
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 49 Crashes
  • 73.1

38
Driver Fell Asleep Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 2 Single Vehicle ROR Crashes
  • 2 Type B Injury
  • 1 Sideswipe ROR Crash
  • 1 Type A Injury

39
Driver Fell Asleep Crashes
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 13 Single Vehicle ROR Crashes
  • 2 Type A Injury
  • 2 Type B Injury
  • 2 Type C Injury
  • 1 Head-on Crash
  • 1 Fatal Crash

40
Driver Fell Asleep Crashes
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 42 Single Vehicle Crashes (41 ROR)
  • 4 Type A Injury
  • 9 Type B Injury
  • 7 Type C Injury
  • 3 Head-on ROR Crashes
  • 2 Fatal Crashes
  • 1 Type B Injury
  • 1 Sideswipe-Opposite ROR Crash Fatal Crash
  • 1 Angle ROR Crash Type B Injury
  • 1 Rear-end Crash Type C Injury

41
Driver Fell Asleep Crashes
  • Time of Day Crash Occurred
  • 6 am 9 am
  • 13 Crashes
  • 19.4
  • 9 am 3 pm
  • 23 Crashes
  • 34.3
  • 3 pm 7 pm
  • 8 Crashes
  • 11.9
  • 7 pm 6 am
  • 2 Crashes
  • 3.0

42
Distracted Driver Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 6 Crashes
  • 10.7
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 7 Crashes
  • 12.5
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 43 Crashes
  • 76.8

43
Distracted Driver Crashes
  • Icy, Snowy or Slushy Road Conditions
  • 2 Sideswipe Crashes (1 ROR)
  • 1 Type B Injury (ROR)
  • 1 Single Vehicle ROR Crash Type C Injury
  • 1 Rear-end Crash Type A Injury

44
Distracted Driver Crashes
  • Wet Road Conditions
  • 2 Single Vehicle ROR Crashes PDO
  • 2 Rear-end Crashes (1 ROR)
  • Type C Injury
  • 1 Head-on ROR Crash Type A Injury
  • 1 Angle ROR Crash Type C Injury

45
Distracted Driver Crashes
  • Dry Road Conditions
  • 17 Single Vehicle Crashes (15 ROR)
  • 4 Type B Injury
  • 4 Type C Injury
  • 17 Rear-End Crashes (5 ROR)
  • 4 Type A Injury
  • 3 Type B Injury
  • 8 Type C Injury
  • 2 Head-on ROR Crashes
  • 1 Type A Injury
  • 1 Type C Injury
  • 1 Sideswipe Opposite ROR Crash Fatal Crash

46
Distracted Driver Crashes
  • Time of Day Crash Occurred
  • 6 am 9 am
  • 3 Crashes
  • 5.4
  • 9 am 3 pm
  • 25 Crashes
  • 44.6
  • 3 pm 7 pm
  • 15 Crashes
  • 26.8
  • 7 pm 9 pm
  • 5 Crashes
  • 8.9
  • 9 pm 6 am
  • 2 Crashes
  • 3.6

47
Crashes to Target for Reduction
  • Lost Control on Dry Road Conditions
  • Unable to Stop on Dry Road Conditions
  • Driver Fell Asleep
  • Driver was Distracted

48
Potential Crash Reductions
  • Total Crashes
  • 227 Crashes in three years or 75.67 per year
  • Fatal Crashes
  • 6 in three years or 2 per year
  • Type A Injury Crashes
  • 21 in three years or 7 per year
  • Type B Injury Crashes
  • 35 in three years or 11.67 per year
  • Type C Injury Crashes
  • 76 in three years or 25.33 per year

49
Combating Distracted Driving
  • Driving safety is challenging enough when full
    attention is paid to roadways
  • It takes one distracted second for a crash to
    occur
  • Recovery on dry road conditions in fair weather
    conditions is possible
  • Recovery on icy or wet road conditions in fair
    weather conditions is difficult
  • Recovery on icy or wet road conditions in poor
    weather conditions is nearly impossible

50
Combating Distracted Driving
  • Shifting drivers focus back to driving
  • Improving recovery area for drivers

51
Combating Driver Fatigue
  • Drivers receive stimuli from several sources
  • Visual Perception
  • Most Important during Driving
  • Primary source of information
  • Hearing
  • Secondary to sight
  • Tremendous capacity for conveying information
  • Ear can process sounds without concentrating
  • Touch
  • Movement
  • Awareness of body and limbs

52
Combating Driver Fatigue
  • When drivers fatigue, exposure to measures
    impacting audible or touch senses will send alert
    message
  • Driving noise
  • Driving maneuvers that are more difficult than a
    straight tangent section
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