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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology
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Surrogate Safety Measures : A Review on Time Proximity and Evasive Action
Based Indicators
Rahul C. Matade
1
, Dipali R. Khamankar
2
, Dr. Manish Dutta
3
, Dr. Bhalchandra V. Khode
4
1
M. Tech, Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, G H Raisoni College of Engineering,
Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
2
M. Tech, Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, G H Raisoni College of Engineering,
Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
3
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur University, Nagpur,
Maharashtra, India
4
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur University, Nagpur,
Maharashtra, India
Article Info
Volume 8, Issue 2
Page Number : 440-450
Publication Issue
March-April-2021
Article History
Accepted : 01 April 2021
Published : 03 April 2021
ABSTRACT
Surrogate safety measures are gaining more interest in the field of traffic safety
analysis due to the limitations of traditional methods. Traffic conflict
techniques (TCTs) is one of the surrogate safety measure. The most appealing
aspect of conflict indicators is their ability to capture severity of collision data
objectively within shorter period of time. This paper comparatively reviews the
methodology and application of proximal surrogate safety indicators. In this
paper, the surrogate safety measures are grouped in two categories namely time
proximity indicators and evasive action based indicators. For each of indicators,
the paper provides the guidelines as well as prominent features, including
critical and threshold values. The paper also discusses the advantages and
disadvantages of the reviewed indicators.
Keywords : Surrogate safety measures, Traffic conflict techniques, Time
proximity indicators, Evasive action based indicators
I. INTRODUCTION
Surrogate safety measures such as traffic conflict
techniques (TCTs) are gaining more interest to study
the traffic safety from a broader perspective than
relaying only on collision data. The application of
traffic conflict techniques (TCTs) for analysis of traffic
safety problems has seen considerable research
interest, having acquired acceptance as a proactive
surrogate approach [30]. Research on TCT basically
started in the late 1960s. The approach is previously
used to identify the safety problems related to vehicle
construction [31]. Traffic conflict techniques can
improve our understanding into the failure
mechanism and chain of events which leads to road
traffic collision and resulting consequences [48]. A
widely accepted definition of traffic conflict is ‘an
observable situation in which two or more road- users