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Age and Gender Differences in Time to Collision at Braking From the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study by Montgomery, Jade, Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Objective: Forward collision warning (FCW) is an active safety system that aims to mitigate the effect of forward collisions by warning the driver of objects…”
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Automated crash notification: Evaluation of in-vehicle principal direction of force estimations by Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…► Struck side greatly alters injury estimates in automated crash notification systems. ► In-vehicle sensors can estimate principal direction of force, not…”
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Waymo simulated driving behavior in reconstructed fatal crashes within an autonomous vehicle operating domain by Scanlon, John M., Kusano, Kristofer D., Daniel, Tom, Alderson, Christopher, Ogle, Alexander, Victor, Trent

“…•A novel alignment methodology was employed for counterfactual simulation of reconstructed collisions.•The simulated Waymo Driver prevented the initiation of…”
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Characterization of Opposite-Direction Road Departure Crashes in the United States by Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Opposite-direction crashes can be extremely severe because opposing vehicles often have high relative speeds. The objective of this study was to characterize…”
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Determination of functional scenarios for intersection collisions by Bangert, L. Garrett, Lubash, Theodore, Scanlon, John M., Kusano, Kristofer D., Riexinger, Luke E.

“…•An unsupervised decision tree characterized intersection crash data structures.•There were five main intersection crash data structures.•A travel lane…”
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Analysis of Driver Evasive Maneuvering Prior to Intersection Crashes Using Event Data Recorders by Scanlon, John M., Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Objective: Intersection crashes account for over 4,500 fatalities in the United States each year. Intersection Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (I-ADAS) are…”
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Comparison of Expected Crash and Injury Reduction from Production Forward Collision and Lane Departure Warning Systems by Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Objectives: The U.S. New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) now tests for forward collision warning (FCW) and lane departure warning (LDW). The design of these…”
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Baseline vulnerable road user injury risk in multiple U.S. dense urban driving environments by Campolettano, Eamon T., Scanlon, John M., Kadar, Ilan, Lavy, Lev Y., Moura, Daniel C., Kusano, Kristofer D.

“…Understanding and modeling baseline driving safety risk in dense urban areas represents a crucial starting point for automated driving system (ADS) safety…”
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Comparison of Waymo rider-only crash data to human benchmarks at 7.1 million miles by Kusano, Kristofer D., Scanlon, John M., Chen, Yin-Hsiu, McMurry, Timothy L., Chen, Ruoshu, Gode, Tilia, Victor, Trent

“…This article examines the safety performance of the Waymo Driver, an SAE level 4 automated driving system (ADS) used in a rider-only (RO) ride-hailing…”
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Benchmarks for retrospective automated driving system crash rate analysis using police-reported crash data by Scanlon, John M., Kusano, Kristofer D., Fraade-Blanar, Laura A., McMurry, Timothy L., Chen, Yin-Hsiu, Victor, Trent

“…With fully automated driving systems (ADS; SAE level 4) ride-hailing services expanding in the U.S., we are now approaching an inflection point in the history…”
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Driver Behavior During Overtaking Maneuvers from the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study by Chen, Rong, Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Objective: Lane changes with the intention to overtake the vehicle in front are especially challenging scenarios for forward collision warning (FCW) designs…”
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Population distributions of time to collision at brake application during car following from naturalistic driving data by Kusano, Kristofer D., Chen, Rong, Montgomery, Jade, Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Forward collision warning (FCW) systems are designed to mitigate the effects of rear-end collisions. Driver acceptance of these systems is crucial to their…”
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Comprehensive Target Populations for Current Active Safety Systems Using National Crash Databases by Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Objective: The objective of active safety systems is to prevent or mitigate collisions. A critical component in the design of active safety systems is the…”
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Target Population for Intersection Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in the U.S by Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Intersection crashes are a frequent and dangerous crash mode in the U.S. Emerging Intersection Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (I-ADAS) aim to assist the…”
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Pendulum testing as a means of assessing the crash performance of longitudinal barrier with minor damage by Gabauer, Douglas J., Kusano, Kristofer D., Marzougui, Dhafer, Opiela, Kenneth, Hargrave, Martin, Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Longitudinal barriers such as w-beam guardrails are subjected to a series of full-scale crash tests to determine their impact performance before being…”
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Potential of intersection driver assistance systems to mitigate straight crossing path crashes using U.S. nationally representative crash data by Scanlon, John M., Kusano, Kristofer D., Sherony, Rini, Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Intersection Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (I-ADAS) are active safety systems that have the potential to help prevent/mitigate crashes and injuries in…”
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Methodology for Using Advanced Event Data Recorders to Reconstruct Vehicle Trajectories for Use in Safety Impact Methodologies (SIM) by Kusano, Kristofer D., Sherony, Rini, Gabler, Hampton C.

“…Objective: Safety impact methodologies (SIMs) have the goal of estimating safety benefits for proposed active safety systems. Because the precrash movements of…”
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Safety Benefits of Forward Collision Warning, Brake Assist, and Autonomous Braking Systems in Rear-End Collisions by Kusano, K. D., Gabler, H. C.

“…This paper examines the potential effectiveness of the following three precollision system (PCS) algorithms: 1) forward collision warning only; 2) forward…”
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A Preliminary Model of Driver Acceleration Behavior Prior to Real-World Straight Crossing Path Intersection Crashes Using EDRs by Scanlon, John M., Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton Clay

“…There are approximately 4,500 traffic fatalities at intersections each year in the U.S. One method for reducing these crashes is through equipping vehicles…”
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Model of fleet-wide safety benefits of Lane Departure Warning systems by Gorman, Thomas I., Kusano, Kristofer D., Gabler, Hampton C.

“…This study examines the potential effectiveness of Lane Departure Warning (LDW) systems, an active safety system that aims to prevent or mitigate unintended…”
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