Modelling and Mitigating Secondary Crash Risk for Serial Tunnels on Freeway via Lighting-Related Microscopic Traffic Model with Inter-Lane Dependency

This paper models and mitigates the secondary crash (SC) risk for serial tunnels on the freeway which is incurred by traffic turbulence after primary crash (PC) occurrence and location-heterogeneous lighting conditions along serial tunnels. A traffic conflict approach is developed where SC risk is q...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2023-02, Vol.20 (4), p.3066
Main Authors: Yu, Shanchuan, Chen, Yu, Song, Lang, Xuan, Zhaoze, Li, Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic
Automobile Driving
Behavior
Cameras
Lane changing
Lighting
Literature reviews
Queues
Risk
Safety measures
Traffic flow
Traffic models
Traffic police
Tunnels
Variables
Vehicles
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Summary:This paper models and mitigates the secondary crash (SC) risk for serial tunnels on the freeway which is incurred by traffic turbulence after primary crash (PC) occurrence and location-heterogeneous lighting conditions along serial tunnels. A traffic conflict approach is developed where SC risk is quantified using a surrogate safety measure based on the simulated vehicle trajectories after PC occurs from a lighting-related microscopic traffic model with inter-lane dependency. Numerical examples are presented to validate the model, illustrate SC risk pattern over time, and evaluate the countermeasures for SC, including adaptive tunnel lighting control (ATLC) and advanced speed and lane-changing guidance (ASLG) for connected vehicles (CVs). The results demonstrate that the tail of the stretching queue on the PC occurrence lane, the adjacent lane of the PC-incurred queue, and areas near tunnel portals are high-risk locations. In serial tunnels, creating a good lighting condition for drivers is more effective than advanced warnings in CVs to mitigate SC risk. Combined ATLC and ASLG is promising since ASLG informs CVs of an immediate response to traffic turbulence on the lane where PC occurs and ATLC alleviates SC risks on adjacent lanes via smoothing the lighting condition variations and reducing inter-lane dependency.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20043066