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What You Should Know You may underestimate the steepness of a short-stretch hill in an otherwise flat area at night, even when the slope is emphasized with slow-down markings, slow-down signs, lane edges and delineators. |
| [2] Case 2 Accident in which the driver mistook an icy road for a wet road Primary party : Ordinary passenger car Time of accident : 8:00 a.m. in January Weather : Fair Road type : Principal local road Area along the road : Level Road condition : Icy Road configuration : Non-intersection area with a left curve Accident type : Head-on collision Outline of accident : While driving on a two-lane road at about 65 km/h, the driver noticed what looked like a wet surface on the road, which curved toward the left and went uphill. He slowed down, but lost control on the icy road. Even though he tried to steer the car and applied brakes, the car skidded and collided into a car stopped in the opposite lane. |
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What You Should Know In the shadow of buildings, an icy road surface might be mistaken for a wet surface even in the daytime. |
Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis (ITARDA) |
