China Safety Science Journal ›› 2023, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 144-151.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2023.05.1068

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High-risk area identification method of expressway based on risk field

ZHANG Chi1(), WANG Bo1, CHEN Xingguang2, REN Shipeng2, ZHAI Yiyang1   

  1. 1 School of Highway, Chang'an University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710064, China
    2 Guangdong Communication Planning & Design Institute Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Guangdong 510630, China
  • Received:2022-12-23 Revised:2023-02-16 Online:2023-05-28 Published:2023-11-28

Abstract:

In order to effectively identify high risk areas of expressways, firstly, the potential field theory was introduced on the basis of theoretical exposition and quantitative interpretation of driving risk evolution mechanism, and the basic concept and properties of road static risk field were proposed. Then, on the basis of analyzing the influence of road factors on traffic safety, the static risk field calculation model of structures, alignments, roadsides and other factors in the road domain was constructed, and the method of identifying high risk areas of expressways was proposed. At the same time, based on the statistical data of traffic accidents, the risk quantity parameters of the static risk field calculation model were calibrated. Finally, based on the actual project, the regional risk level prediction and effectiveness verification were carried out. The results show that among the 33 areas of the study section, 26 of the screening results are the same as the actual risk level, only 7 of the results are inconsistent, and the number of areas within one level of risk level difference is 30. The accuracy of the risk level prediction results is 78.79%, and the accuracy of the actual risk level results is 90.91%. The static risk field can be effectively applied to the identification of high-risk areas, and the research is helpful to the highway safety management in the design and operation stages.

Key words: risk field, expressway, high-risk areas identification, driving risk, road static risk field