Applying AcciMap to e-scooter crashes: A Safe Systems approach to analyzing micromobility

The goal of this project is to develop a framework based on AcciMap analysis that can be used to identify the network of contributing factors involved in micromobility crashes. The methods will include completing AcciMap analyses of a sample of e-scooter crashes to develop a Generic AcciMap that generalizes the results of the underlying AcciMaps to cover additional micromobility categories. While completing these tasks, the research team will document the process to develop a reproduceable framework that can be used for future analysis efforts in the micromobility domain. The AcciMaps created by this project will independently be useful by indicating how crashes can be reduced by improving behaviors along all levels of the decision-making process (i.e., not just for road users). However, similar AcciMaps developed from a related set of crashes can be aggregated to form a Generic AcciMap. A Generic AcciMap generalizes the results of the underlying AcciMaps to cover a domain of inquiry. In this case, the intent is to develop an AcciMap to represent micromobility crashes, broadly. The result would be a tool for practitioners to assess the safety implications of emerging and future micromobility technologies.

• Record URL:
  https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/research/projects/2021-r37/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • CSCRS2021R37

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $98328
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747113

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27514
• Project Managers:

  Sandt, Laura

• Performing Organizations:

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  UNC-CH New East Building
  Campus Box #3140
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina  United States  27599-3140
• Principal Investigators:

  Harmon, Katherine

  LaJeunesse, Seth

  Kumfer, Wesley

  Cherry, Christopher

• Start Date: 20210501
• Expected Completion Date: 20230228
• Actual Completion Date: 20230831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash causes; Crashes; Diagrams; Electric vehicles; Safety analysis; Scooters
• Identifier Terms: AcciMap
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01771207
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747113
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 4 2021 1:38PM