Recent Analysis and Research in the Field of Vehicle Traffic Safety

Dear Colleagues,

The increase in the number of car users, the development of road infrastructure and the increase in the number of kilometers traveled forces vehicle manufacturers, road infrastructure builders and those who are responsible for devising legal regulations to take action to increase road safety. An important direction in reducing road accidents and incidents is the identification and assessment of physical phenomena and the analysis of the impact of the driver's behavior during road incidents. The subject of this project is the identification and study of important parameters that determine road safety. The quantification of parameters that affect the scope of vehicle traffic safety can be divided into the following several basic sources:

• Vehicle design/active and passive safety; support for driving and steering systems.
• Interactions at the contact point between the tire and the road surface. The parameter that describes the shape–friction cooperation is the coefficient of adhesion, which is a characteristic feature of the tire–pavement system that depends on the following factors:
  
  • Tire construction, tread geometry and depth, rubber material properties, wheel load, tire air pressure and distribution of local unit pressures at the contact point between the tire and the road surface;
  • The type of materials used for pavement construction, parameters of pavement shape and structure, hydrophobic properties and pavement condition;
  • The factors that determine tire operation, including the speed of movement, slippage, operating temperature and wear and tear;
  • External factors, such as humidity, snow cover, ice, ambient and surface temperature.
• Road infrastructure.
• Behavior of the driver.

Additional factors that influence road safety are the type of surface, the arrangement of road infrastructure and the behavior of the driver.

This Special Issue will bring together both review articles and in-depth research papers on new developments on defined topics.

Dr. Konrad Jan Waluś
Guest Editor

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