Mathematical Model for Velocity Calculation of Three Types of Vehicles in the Case of Pedestrian Crash

Journal Title: Strojnicky casopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering - Year 2018, Vol 68, Issue 3

Abstract

This paper treats influencing factors in the determination of vehicles speed on the pedestrian crash moment according to pedestrian throw distance and formulates a mathematical model for vehicle speed determination. Vehicle speed is one of the highest causes of accidents. The mathematical model formulation (as the target of this paper) for velocity calculation, in the case of pedestrian accidents, presents great help and guidance to experts of this field when dealing with accident analysis that through accurate determination of this parameter to find other circumstances as close as possible to the technical process of pedestrian accidents. The target of this paper is to define a mathematical model formulation for vehicle velocity calculation in pedestrian crash moment depending on relevant parameters. For the purpose of model formulating, we have selected three cases of real accidents that involved vehicles (“Peugeot 307”, “VW Golf ” and “Mercedes E 220”) with different geometrical parameters of the front profile and pedestrians with different heights and weights. For regression analysis we used “R” and “SPSS” software, which enables the statistical analysis of the data and mathematical model formulation. Also, for analysis of impact of relevant factors, model formulation and model testing have used “Virtual Crash” and “PC Crash” software, which enables pedestrian-vehicle crash simulation using vehicles with real technical characteristics and various pedestrian characteristics. Inductive, comparative, and deductive methods are part of the research methods in this paper.

Authors and Affiliations

Hoxha Gëzim, Shala Ahmet, Likaj Ramë and Bajrami Xhevahir

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  • EP ID EP43951
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2018-0029
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Hoxha Gëzim, Shala Ahmet, Likaj Ramë and Bajrami Xhevahir (2018). Mathematical Model for Velocity Calculation of Three Types of Vehicles in the Case of Pedestrian Crash. Strojnicky casopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 68(3), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-43951