Title
PROLOGUE Deliverable 2.2 Methodological and organizational issues and requirements for ND studies
Author
Groenewoud, C.L.
Schoen, E.D.
Malone, K.M.
Jonkers, E.
Hoedemaeker, D.M.
Hogema, J.H.
Publication year
2010
Abstract
Naturalistic driving observation is a relatively new method for studying road safety issues, a method by which one can objectively observe various driver- and accident related behaviour. Typically, participants get their own vehicles equipped with some sort of data logging device that can record various driving behaviours such as speed, braking, lane keeping/variations, acceleration, deceleration etc., as well as one or more video cameras. In this way normal drivers are observed in their normal driving context while driving their own vehicles. Optimally, this allows for observation of the driver, vehicle, road and traffic environments and interaction between these factors. The main objective of PROLOGUE is to demonstrate the usefulness, value, and feasibility of conducting naturalistic driving observation studies in a European context in order to investigate traffic safety of road users, as well as other traffic related issues such as eco-driving and traffic flow/traffic management. The current deliverable describes the methodological issues related to naturalistic driving studies. It describes the experimental procedures, variables to be measured, experimental design, statistical analysis methods, organizational issues and legal and ethical issues for naturalistic studies. Maximal use is made of the extensive knowledge and experience that comes from the EU projects FESTA and EuroFOT, the 100car study and the SHRP2 preparatory safety studies.
Subject
Medicine
Geneeskunde
Anatomy
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TNO identifier
573975
Publisher
TNO, Soesterberg
Bibliographical note
Project Co-ordinator: SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research PROmoting real Life Observations for Gaining Understanding of road user behaviour in Europe ()
Document type
report