A farewell to brake reaction times? Kinematics-dependent brake response in naturalistic rear-end emergencies
- Submitting institution
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The University of Leeds
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- ITS-23
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.007
- Title of journal
- Accident Analysis and Prevention
- Article number
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- First page
- 209
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- Part A
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.007
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper provides the first detailed account of how drivers actually use their brakes in real-life crashes/near-crashes, and, crucially, how this depends on the external traffic situation. This research constituted a major advance by using two international large-scale naturalistic data sets, new video-based analysis methods, and predictions from a neuroscience-grounded theory of driver behaviour. Findings disprove previously dominant thinking and models, especially with respect to ‘brake reaction times’. At least three projects outside Leeds are building on this work to develop computational models of driver behaviour for predicting impacts of safety/automation systems (US: TexasTech/VirginiaTech; Sweden: Volvo/Chalmers; China: Beijing Jiaotong).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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