Driving Risk Affected Areas and Distribution Function of Sharp Horizontal Curves of Expressway

• Published in: Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 476 - 480-047
• Main Authors: Fu, Xin-sha, Yan, Ying, Li, Xin-wei, Wang, Xiao-fei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Limiteds 01.01.2015; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hindawi Limited; Wiley
• Subjects: Acceleration; Aircraft accidents & safety; Crashes; Default; Distribution; Distribution functions; Expressways; Freeways; Heart rate; Horizontal; Laboratories; Physiology; Risk; Safety and security measures; Statistics; Traffic accidents; Traffic accidents & safety; Vehicles; China

The average death and injury intensity on sharp horizontal curves (SHCs) are much higher than those of straight sections of the expressway in China. In this paper, the statistics of crashes from 2008 to 2012 on 2200 km expressways in Guangdong province are collected, and the relationships between th...