Research on the Vehicle-Behavior Boundary of Intersection Traffic Based on Naturalistic Driving Data Study

Abstract

With the development and application of vehicle-infrastructure cooperative technology, the traffic regional safety related to intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) has become the hotspot of the intelligent transportation system (ITS), and the integration of mixed autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles that are not cooperative in intersection areas has become a significant challenge due to the rapid advancement of autonomous vehicle technology. Autonomous vehicles in intersections with strong-structure and weak-rule characteristics pose a potential hazard in complex traffic situations. Studying the driving behavior of vehicles in intersections is of great significance due to the complex traffic environment, frequent traffic signals, and traffic violations, which can optimize the vehicle driving behavior and improve the safety and efficiency of intersection traffic. By using naturalistic driving data from the DAIR V2X-Seq dataset and general vehicle dynamic parameters, it is possible to obtain the joint-probability-density distribution of the bivariate dynamic parameters of a vehicle. This distribution represents the driving characteristics of vehicles in intersection traffic. The three vehicle dynamic parameters that have an impact on vehicles driving through the intersection area are velocity, angular velocity, and acceleration. The driving behavior characteristics of human-driven vehicles (HVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) were analyzed using the multivariate kernel density estimation (MKDE) method to establish the vehicle-behavior boundary. The assessment of the boundary model showed that it accurately characterizes the driving characteristics of HVs and AVs. This boundary can be used to improve the safety detection of intersection areas, enhancing the performance of autonomous vehicles and optimizing intersection traffic.

Keywords

• autonomous vehicle
• intersection area
• naturalistic driving study
• vehicle dynamic parameter
• behavior boundary