Research Article

Potential of Highly Automated Vehicles for Monitoring Fatigued Drivers and Explaining Traffic Accidents on Motorway Sections

Table 1

Summary of the effects of high-level AV on the reduction of AR.

RF regimesReduction (%)Penetration rate of high-level automation (α)
α = 0.1α = 0.3α = 0.5α = 0.7α = 0.9

High (RF 0.4)Ave.12.132.347.357.262.0
Max.13.335.652.363.368.5
Min.10.528.241.349.954.0

Middle (0.2 ≤ RF < 0.4)Ave.6.417.125.030.132.5
Max.7.921.231.137.540.5
Min.5.213.820.124.226.1

Low (RF < 0.2)Ave.0.92.53.64.24.5
Max.3.18.412.314.715.8
Min.0.10.30.40.50.5