In search of the antecendents for risky driving at railway level crossings


Autoria(s): Gildersleeve, Matthew
Data(s)

07/12/2011

Resumo

This paper discusses human factors issues of low cost railway level crossings in Australia. Several issues are discussed in this paper including safety at passive level railway crossings, human factors considerations associated with unavailability of a warning device, and a conceptual model for how safety could be compromised at railway level crossings following prolonged or frequent unavailability. The research plans to quantify safety risk to motorists at level crossings using a Human Reliability Assessment (HRA) method, supported by data collected using an advanced driving simulator. This method aims to identify human error within tasks and task units identified as part of the task analysis process. It is anticipated that by modelling driver behaviour the current study will be able to quantify meaningful task variability including temporal parameters, between participants and within participants. The process of complex tasks such as driving through a level crossing is fundamentally context-bound. Therefore this study also aims to quantify those performance-shaping factors that contribute to vehicle train collisions by highlighting changes in the task units and driver physiology. Finally we will also consider a number of variables germane to ensuring external validity of our results. Without this inclusion, such an analysis could seriously underestimate the probabilistic risk assessment.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/47586/

Relação

http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/transport/safety/human-factors-in-transport/agenda

Gildersleeve, Matthew (2011) In search of the antecendents for risky driving at railway level crossings. In Human Factors in Transport 2011, 7 Dec 2011, Sydney, Australia. (Unpublished)

Direitos

Copyright 2011 please consult the author

Fonte

Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Qld (CARRS-Q); Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Psychology & Counselling

Tipo

Conference Paper