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Traffic characteristics and safety analysis of long interval U-turn intersections

Zhao-wei QU1(),Lin LI1,Yong-heng CHEN1(),Chang-jian WU2   

  1. 1.College of Transportation,Jilin University,Changchun 130 022,China
    2.School of Transportation,Southeast University,Nanjing 211 189,China
  • Received:2023-01-12 Online:2024-08-01 Published:2024-08-30
  • Contact: Yong-heng CHEN E-mail:quzw@jlu.edu.cn;cyh@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In order to explore the motion and safety characteristics of the U-turn vehicles at long-range U-turn intersections, based on the measured data of the U-turn vehicles at typical locations, we analyzed the characteristics of the U-turn vehicle's trajectories and traffic parameters with the help of probability theory and statistical knowledge, and established the U-turn trajectory model. We used traffic conflict technology (TCT) and take post encroachment time (PET) as the indicator to study the feature of vehicles security of U-turn vehicles. Three conclusions are drawn from this study. First, there is a significant difference in the headway between long-range U-turn vehicles and those at intersections without opening: the stability of the headway of long-range U-turn vehicles is weak, and the release of vehicles is seriously disturbed by the turning flow; Secondly, when turning around at a long interval U-turn intersection, the starting position of vehicle turning is dispersed and the distribution of U-turn trajectories is quadratic distribution. Third, the setting of long interval turning lanes will increase the interference between traffic flows at intersections, thus increasing the number of conflicts with vehicles in the opposite direction. Cross-conflict accounts for the majority of conflicts in long interval U-turn intersections, and rear-end collision is the main conflict type in U-turn intersections without opening. The above research conclusions are helpful to improve the safety of long interval U-turn intersections.

Key words: engineering of communications and transportation system, trajectory model, headway, safety analysis, traffic conflict

CLC Number: 

  • U491.31

Table 1

Basic information of survey sites"

交叉口名称区间长度/m调查进口道车道数/条样本量/辆
S160西进口51 256
S290东进口71 026
S330北进口6867
S4无开口南进口4538

Fig.1

Location of headway collection"

Table 2

Chi-square test for the travel speed"

组别样本量最大车头时距/ (s·辆-1最小车头时距/(s·辆-1平均车头时距/(s·辆-1标准差峰态系数卡方检验
卡方值显著性
长区间掉头33711.121.123.532.272.5466.7300.000
交叉口内掉头4286.081.272.761.040.69

Fig.2

Vehicle trajectories information collection"

Fig.3

Cumulative frequency distribution and comparison of probability of turning vehicles with diverse types of U-turn"

Fig.4

Fitting curves for U-turn trajectories"

Table 3

Results of simulation"

序号移位指数函数R2指数函数R2二次函数R2
R2均值0.790.830.88
10.650.830.92
20.730.890.90
30.670.720.83
40.770.790.91
50.800.840.86
60.750.860.84
????

Table 4

Results of K-S test"

分布函数类型DP
移位指数分布0.009 10.021 8
指数分布0.003 80.039 4
二次分布0.091 33.18×10(-5)

Fig.5

Estimation of the PET values for the conflicted merging vehicles"

Fig.6

PET histograms and accumulative distribution"

Table 5

PET value distributions analysis between intersections with long interval U-turn and without"

掉头

类型

严重程度PET分布范围/s

样本量

(比例/%)

碰撞风险

交叉口

内掉头

潜在2.1<PET221(56)低风险
轻度1.6<PET≤2.1120(31)中风险
严重PET≤1.652(13)高风险

长区间

掉头

潜在2.0<PET244(51)低风险
轻度1.5<PET≤2.0141(30)中风险
严重PET≤1.589(19)高风险

Table 6

Chi-Square test between intersections with long interval U-turn and without"

类别样本量卡方值P
长区间掉头47473.60.001
交叉口内掉头393

Table 7

Comparison of traffic conflict between intersections with long interval U-turn and without"

统计量长区间掉头交叉口掉头P
PET均值/s2.1952.523<0.001
冲突量4743930.036
冲突率(比例/%)3723<0.001
违章掉头1055<0.001

Fig.7

Distribution of conflict at long interval U-turn"

Table 8

Contrastive?analysis between intersections with long interval U-turn and without"

研究对象交通冲突类型冲突数PET均值pr/%
长区间掉头追尾冲突1352.2328.48
变道冲突972.5420.46
交叉冲突2422.6851.05
交叉口内掉头追尾冲突2382.1460.56
变道冲突362.189.16
交叉冲突1192.3130.28
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