Research Article

Evaluating the Safety Impact of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles with Lane Management on Freeway Crash Hotspots Using the Surrogate Safety Assessment Model

Table 4

Wiedemann 99 parameters.

Parameter (unit)Short description

(m)Standstill gap
(m)Headway time
(m)“Following” variation
(s)Threshold for entering “following”
(m/s)Negative “following” threshold
(m/s)Positive “following” threshold
(10−4 rad/s)Speed dependency of oscillation
(m/s2)Oscillation acceleration
(m/s2)Standstill acceleration
(m/s2)Acceleration at 80 km/h
VDESDesired speed of vehicles