Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model

Signal-free crosswalks are a high incidence area for pedestrian–autonomous vehicles (AV) conflicts, but there is no comprehensive and reasonable solution for AVs to safely and efficiently navigate through these conflict scenarios. To address this problem, this study proposes a responsibility-sensiti...

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Main Authors: Chuanyun Fu, Jinzhao Liu, Guifu Li, Yaping Zhang, Zhaoyou Lu, Wei Bai
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/atr/1037773
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description Signal-free crosswalks are a high incidence area for pedestrian–autonomous vehicles (AV) conflicts, but there is no comprehensive and reasonable solution for AVs to safely and efficiently navigate through these conflict scenarios. To address this problem, this study proposes a responsibility-sensitive safety (RSS) model specifically for pedestrian–AV conflicts in signal-free crosswalks. The model is based on the principles and contents of existing RSS models and proposes a safe AV access strategy for hazardous scenarios. The effectiveness of the strategy is verified by an integrated SUMO simulation taking into account the vehicle motion state, driving conservatism, and safety. The results show that the proposed automatic driving access strategy based on the improved RSS model effectively improves the driving stability and safety of the AV through the signal-free crosswalk. This study provides a solution to the pedestrian–AV conflict in signal-free crosswalks on road sections, which can provide a reference for the further promotion and application of the RSS model in the field of autonomous driving.
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spelling doaj-art-dbea8b18300c48ec8cf670d136a4faad2025-08-20T03:40:50ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952025-01-01202510.1155/atr/1037773Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety ModelChuanyun Fu0Jinzhao Liu1Guifu Li2Yaping Zhang3Zhaoyou Lu4Wei Bai5School of Transportation Science and EngineeringSchool of Transportation Science and EngineeringChina Post Group Corporation Shandong Province BranchSchool of Transportation Science and EngineeringSchool of Transportation Science and EngineeringDepartment of Road Traffic ManagementSignal-free crosswalks are a high incidence area for pedestrian–autonomous vehicles (AV) conflicts, but there is no comprehensive and reasonable solution for AVs to safely and efficiently navigate through these conflict scenarios. To address this problem, this study proposes a responsibility-sensitive safety (RSS) model specifically for pedestrian–AV conflicts in signal-free crosswalks. The model is based on the principles and contents of existing RSS models and proposes a safe AV access strategy for hazardous scenarios. The effectiveness of the strategy is verified by an integrated SUMO simulation taking into account the vehicle motion state, driving conservatism, and safety. The results show that the proposed automatic driving access strategy based on the improved RSS model effectively improves the driving stability and safety of the AV through the signal-free crosswalk. This study provides a solution to the pedestrian–AV conflict in signal-free crosswalks on road sections, which can provide a reference for the further promotion and application of the RSS model in the field of autonomous driving.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/atr/1037773
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Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model
Journal of Advanced Transportation
title Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model
title_full Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model
title_fullStr Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model
title_full_unstemmed Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model
title_short Automatic Driving Passage Strategies for Signal-Free Pedestrian Crosswalks Using an Improved Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model
title_sort automatic driving passage strategies for signal free pedestrian crosswalks using an improved responsibility sensitive safety model
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/atr/1037773
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