Methodology Designed to Evaluate Accidents at Intersection Crossings with Respect to Forensic Purposes and Transport Sustainability

Igor Dirnbach, Tibor Kubjatko, Eduard Kolla, Ján Ondruš and Željko Šarić
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Igor Dirnbach: Institute of Forensic Research and Education of University of Žilina, Ulica 1. mája 32, 010 01 Zilina, Slovakia
Tibor Kubjatko: Institute of Forensic Research and Education of University of Žilina, Ulica 1. mája 32, 010 01 Zilina, Slovakia
Eduard Kolla: Institute of Forensic Research and Education of University of Žilina, Ulica 1. mája 32, 010 01 Zilina, Slovakia
Ján Ondruš: Department of Road and Urban Transport, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 01026 Žilina, Slovakia
Željko Šarić: Department of Traffic Accidents Expertise, University of Zagreb, Borongajska 83a, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-22

Abstract: Currently, there are quite a lot of incorrect procedures and mistakes that occur in the forensic area, which lacks analytical approaches toward solving the causes of accidents using s–t diagrams (distance–time diagrams) combined with the software simulation applications. When analyzing accidents, the correct information is of key importance. The aim of this article is to define a new specific technical and analytical approach toward handling expert’s reports on traffic accidents in road transport at intersections, with respect to the traffic lights. A simulation program application is used as a progressive means of accident evaluation. This procedure must become a standard in the methods of modern traffic accident analysis. The application of this methodology with simulation tools for accident reconstruction enables one to perform a very precise analysis of traffic accidents. Mutual space and time relationships of vehicles’ movements have been evaluated here, depending upon the intersection signal plan. To demonstrate the methodology, a real case is used here, reconstructed by means of the complex analytical simulation software PC-Crash. A procedure processed by these means can be beneficial for forensic traffic accident analysis.

Keywords: traffic control; road safety audit; simulation of road accident; intersections; collisional point; light signaling devices (LSD); signal plan; expert; PC-Crash (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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