Crash Risk Monitoring Method for Highways in Rain Conditions

Abstract

The slick road surface during rainy days necessitates an increased braking distance, posing prominent safety hazards for driving. Consequently, this paper researched on the monitoring method of collision risk posture of highway in rainy days. The impact of rain on the driving risk of vehicles is mainly the braking distance. In this paper, the ratio μ, defined as the quotient of stopping sight distance (St) and the spacing (Sr) between the front of a trailing vehicle and the rear of a leading vehicle, was adopted as the collision risk assessment metric. Employing the Expressway A-Rain segment from the Citysim dataset as the subject of investigation, traffic risk probability statistics diagrams and heatmaps had been generated. The results showed that the ratio μ>1 has accounted for nearly 10% of the roadway, the traffic risk of this roadway is high, and the risk is mainly distributed on the middle lane of the freeway and entrance ramp.