ElaborateCourse: Road Traffic Safety
精品课程：道路交通安全
I. CourseIntroduction:
The course isopen to undergraduate students at the School of Transportation at the SoutheastUniversity. The primary goal of the course is to help studentsgain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals and analytical methodsof road traffic safety. The course is taught in English. Through the course thestudents are expected to:
1.The capability tosolve practical engineering problem related with traffic safety using theknowledge in this course
2.The capability to conduct research independently inthe area of traffic safety
3.The capability to make technical presentation in English;and
4.The English technical writing skills
II. Teaching Syllabus:
2 Credit，32Credit hours | |
(1) | Basic Concepts Relating to Traffic Safety（6 credit hours） |
①Differences between subjective and objective safety ②Definition of Safety ③Human-vehicle-road/environment and traffic crash ④Traffic crash data investigation and crash database ⑤Characteristics of traffic crash data ⑥Traffic safety estimation and evaluation | |
(2) | Basic Knowledge of Statistics for Traffic Safety Analysis（6 credit hours） |
①Point estimation and its application ②Interval estimation and its application ③Graphical description of the data ④Commonly used probability distributions for traffic safety analysis ⑤Commonly used hypothesis testing and its application ⑥Non-parametric statistics and their applications ⑦Case analysis 1：Using SPSS to Process Traffic Safety Data | |
(3) | Before-After Study and Traffic Safety Analysis（6 credit hours） |
①The basic concepts of observational science and its differences from experimental science ②The basic concepts and assumptions of the Before-After Study ③Naive before-after study and its application ④Deterministic and non-deterministic factors in the before-after study ⑤Before-after study based on control group and its application ⑥Before-after study based on empirical Bayesian method and its application | |
(4) | Traffic Crash Modeling（6credit hours） |
①Traffic Crash Model and Its Application ②Traffic Crash Modeling Tasks and General Processes ③Linear regression model ④Generalized linear regression model ⑤Development and Prospect of Traffic Crash Model ⑥Case analysis 2：Before-After Study andTraffic Crash Modeling | |
(5) | Traffic Safety Analysis Method Based on Surrogate Safety Measure（4 credit hours） |
①The effectiveness and reliability of surrogate safety measures ②Intersection traffic conflict technology ③Other traffic safety indirect evaluation indicators ④Generalized linear regression model ⑤Traffic conflict simulation technology ⑥Case analysis 3：Traffic conflict simulation based on VISSIM and SSAM | |
(6) | Traffic Safety Management（4 credit hours） |
①General procedure of traffic safety management ②Roadway black point identification method ③Network screening ④Traffic safety planning and development | |
III. Teaching Schedule:
Week | Course Contents |
1 | Fundamentals of Road Traffic Safety |
2 | Factors Contributing to Road Accidents/Road Safety Policy Making |
3 | Fundamental Statistics in Safety Analysis I |
4 | Fundamental Statistics in Safety Analysis II |
5 | Course Discussion |
6 | Observational Before and After Study I |
7 | Observational Before and After Study II |
8 | Course Discussion |
9 | Crash Modeling Techniques I |
10 | Crash Modeling Techniques II |
11 | Course Discussion |
12 | Surrogate Safety Measures |
13 | Traffic Conflicts Technique in Safety Assessment |
14 | Course Discussion |
15 | Road Safety Management I |
16 | Road Safety Management II |
17 | Final Exam |
18 | Presentation of Term Paper |
