TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Multiple-vehicle collision induced by lane changing in traffic flow
JO  - Physica A: statistical mechanics and its applications
A1  - Nagatani, Takashi
A1  - Yonekura, Shoichi
SP  - 171
EP  - 179
VL  - 404
IS  - 
N2  - We study the multiple-vehicle collision when a vehicle changes from the first lane to the second lane on a two-lane highway. If a vehicle with high (low) speed on the first lane enters into the second lane, it may crash into the forward (rear) vehicle on the second lane and the crash may induce more collisions. We investigate whether or not the incoming vehicle induces the multiple-vehicle collision. The number of collisions depends on the initial velocity, the initial density, the incoming velocity, the incoming headway, the sensitivity, and the relative velocity. We derive the region map for the multiple-vehicle collision induced by lane changing. 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0378-4371
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2014.02.028
ID  - ref1
ER  -