Abstract
This study focuses on a high-risk scene for pedestrian accidents wherein drivers pass a parked vehicle. In this study, using a test vehicle called JARI-ARV, the behaviors of drivers with different driving skills, including young, middle-aged, senior and expert drivers were examined in a test course. The driving indices of the potential collision risk to a suddenly crossing pedestrian were calculated using the obtained driver behavior data. By comparing the driving indices between these drivers, the safe driving methods while passing a parked vehicle were considered. Based on our analyses, we clarified that the expert drivers safely pass a parked vehicle compared to the other drivers in the high-risk scene for pedestrian accidents.
