Journal article
An empirical study of the effectiveness of electronic stability control system in reducing loss of vehicle control
Accident analysis and prevention, Vol.42(3), pp.929-934
05/01/2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.018
PMID: 20380922
Abstract
A significant percentage of fatal vehicle crashes involve loss of control (LOC). Electronic stability control (ESC) is an active safety system that detects impending LOC and activates counter-measures that help the driver maintain or re-gain control. To assess the effectiveness of ESC in preventing LOC, an empirical study was conducted on a high-fidelity driving simulator. The ESC systems for two vehicles were incorporated into the simulator's dynamics code which was calibrated to ensure engineering validation. The study utilized three scenarios designed to recreate typical LOC situations, and was designed to assess the effects of ESC presence, vehicle type, scenario, age and gender. A total of 120 research participants completed the study. Results showed a statistically significant reduction in LOC with ESC compared to without ESC (F = 52.72, p < 0.0001). The study findings of 5% LOC with ESC and 30% without ESC match several epidemiological studies that have analyzed ESC effectiveness on real-world crashes, providing strong support to the use of driving simulation for studying driver behavior. Study conclusions suggest that wide-spread utilization of ESC is likely to reduce traffic fatalities. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An empirical study of the effectiveness of electronic stability control system in reducing loss of vehicle control
- Creators
- Yiannis E. Papelis - University of IowaGinger S. Watson - University of IowaTimothy L. Brown - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Accident analysis and prevention, Vol.42(3), pp.929-934
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.018
- PMID
- 20380922
- NLM abbreviation
- Accid Anal Prev
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
- eISSN
- 1879-2057
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984627208902771
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