Behaviour of Car Drivers in Accidents used to Estimate the Benefit of Car Antilock Brake System on Indian Highways 2015-26-0172
In the year of 2012 in India the total number of accidents with injuries is registered by Ministry of Road Transport and Highway with 490,383 out of which injured people are 509,667 and fatalities are 138,258 [1]. Nearly 17% of the fatalities are occupants of passenger cars which constitute the second highest contributor for fatal accidents in India [1]. In order to understand the root causes for car accidents in India, Bosch accident research carried out a study based on in-depth accidents collected in India. Apart from other accident contributing factors e.g. infrastructure the driver behaviour and his actions few milliseconds just prior to the crash is an extremely important and a key valuable data for the understanding of accident causation. Further on it supports also the development of modern automotive safety functions. Hence this research was undertaken to evaluate the benefit of the state-of-the art vehicle safety systems known as Antilock Braking System (ABS). Their capabilities are mainly driven by the driver behaviour and support to avoid or mitigate critical driving situations possibly leading to severe or fatal accidents.
Citation: Kumaresh, G., Lich, T., and Joerg, M., "Behaviour of Car Drivers in Accidents used to Estimate the Benefit of Car Antilock Brake System on Indian Highways," SAE Technical Paper 2015-26-0172, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-26-0172. Download Citation
Author(s):
Girikumar Kumaresh, Thomas Lich, Moennich Joerg
Affiliated:
Robert Bosch Eng. & Business Solutions, Robert Bosch GmbH
Pages: 7
Event:
Symposium on International Automotive Technology 2015
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Anti-lock braking
Driver behavior
Fatal injuries
Injuries
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