{"id":8664,"date":"2022-03-01T17:32:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=8664"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:25:06","slug":"acceleration-from-rest","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/insight\/acceleration-from-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Acceleration from Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8664\" class=\"elementor elementor-8664\" data-elementor-post-type=\"insight\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d865d26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"12162\" data-id=\"d865d26\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57003cb\" data-eae-slider=\"88623\" data-id=\"57003cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e512f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e512f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Acceleration from rest in road traffic collisions is paramount. The time taken by vehicles to manoeuvre from rest, for example at junctions or traffic lights, is often of fundamental importance in understanding whether different actions of either party might have prevented a collision, or altered its outcome. However, in some cases, little or no physical evidence of a driver\u2019s acceleration from rest exists, and an investigator will turn to published literature for \u2018typical\u2019 values to fill in the blanks.<\/p><p>There is a range of literature published that addresses the starting acceleration of cars in everyday traffic. Drivers will normally accelerate at a \u2018comfortable rate\u2019 for the preference of the person driving, rather than at the maximum permissible rate at which the vehicle will accelerate. My colleague, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/charles-murdoch\/\">Charles Murdoch<\/a>, has previously carried out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/insight\/the-importance-of-understanding-the-starting-acceleration-of-cars-in-everyday-traffic\/\">a literature review of papers from 1938 to 2010<\/a>. His keynote is as follows:<\/p><p><i>\u201cGenerally, drivers often accelerate at a higher rate when driving straight ahead than they do when making a turn. Acceleration rates in a city or larger town tend to be slower than those in rural areas. However, in all cases, the rate of acceleration decreases with time as the vehicle approaches the driver\u2019s desired speed. Whilst not all the studies agree, it seems that the results the published literature indicates that a \u2018comfortable rate\u2019 of acceleration would be in the region of 1.5 to 2.0 m\/s<sup>2<\/sup>.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31551a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31551a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\">Room for Improvement?<\/span><\/h4><p>Much of the published research to date has come from data typically gathered through tests and measurements made at a limited number of junctions from either Germany or the USA (where those researchers were based). The sample size from each investigation has also been limited, certainly in consideration of the abundance of data that is recorded nowadays.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63a4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Unequal-Driving-1024x351.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8668\" alt=\"Ariel view of a road layout at a junction\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Unequal-Driving-1024x351.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Unequal-Driving-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Unequal-Driving-768x263.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Unequal-Driving.jpg 1261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The road layouts where the research was undertaken may differ markedly from UK road layouts.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91041ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91041ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-redactor-inserted-image=\"true\">The driving style in the UK may be different from that of other countries, due to consequences of differences in the local regulations, driver demographic and driver training. Data gathered from 2013 and presented in the World Health Organisation global status report from 2015 on road safety, suggests that the UK has fewer total road fatalities per year, per vehicle, and per mile than either Germany or the USA. However, road traffic collisions can also occur in conditions other than those that have been studied to date, for instance when a vehicle is moving away from a standstill whilst in a queue of traffic; this is sometimes the case in collisions involving pedestrians or cyclists in congested cities.<\/p><p data-redactor-inserted-image=\"true\"><span class=\"redactor-invisible-space\">There have also been significant technological developments in vehicle design since the time that the bulk of the research reviewed by my colleague was published. Electric vehicles are more common, and the performance characteristics of these vehicles are distinctly different from those of the vehicles of yesteryear. Similarly, the technological development of traditional combustion engine vehicles may skew data; both \u2018modern\u2019 turbocharged diesel engines and dual clutch transmissions promote more effective real-world torque delivery, but neither were commonplace at the time the published literature was developed.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-590135c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"590135c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Maybe-Equal-to-a-Tesla-1024x335.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8666\" alt=\"a picture of an order car on the left and a more modern car on the right to show acceleration from rest can differ from car to car\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Maybe-Equal-to-a-Tesla-1024x335.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Maybe-Equal-to-a-Tesla-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Maybe-Equal-to-a-Tesla-768x251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Maybe-Equal-to-a-Tesla.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Modern electric vehicles have vastly different acceleration characteristics to the cars in the research<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428f46a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"428f46a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Telematics \u2018black boxes\u2019, which allow insurers (and reconstruction experts) to consider an insured party\u2019s \u2018driving style\u2019, are now ubiquitous. The metrics that these devices can monitor include: braking and cornering characteristics; the types of roads on which the driver travels; and the times of day and night the driver is active in the vehicle. The presence of a telematics box incentivises the driver to drive safely (e.g. with reduced premiums), thereby potentially skewing both driving style and the speed at which a driver might perform a manoeuvre.<\/p><p>It is often the case that pertinent information is gathered by dash-mounted cameras, on\u2011board computers, satellite navigation units and event data recorders (see<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/james-wade\/\"> James Wade\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0article,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/insight\/event-data-recorders-in-passenger-vehicles\/\"><i>Event Data Recorders in Passenger Vehicles<\/i><\/a>), which would make the requirement for published data superfluous, except to provide context in relation to the manner of driving. However, not all vehicles are equipped with these devices, and for those that are, logistics associated with data ownership and protection often prevent access to the information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2725e5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2725e5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\">Data<\/span><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\">, Data, Data<\/span><\/h4><p>To compare existing published statistics with everyday driving in the UK, I data-logged all my car journeys that I took during a 5-month period. Several options exist for logging vehicle speed or acceleration; in the spirit of the \u2018Information Age\u2019, I downloaded a free speed monitoring application on my smartphone and worked within the limitations of the data that it could record, as discussed below.<\/p><p>Smartphones are packed with sensors, normally within arm\u2019s reach, and are unobtrusive. The app on my phone facilitated data acquisition under \u2018normal\u2019 driving conditions in a range of vehicles &#8211; including those of other people.<\/p><p>Using the app (and its inherent limitations), I monitored my speed over 127 journeys comprising around 4,000 miles, captured during 126 hours of driving on UK roads between August and December. For the bulk of the journeys completed, I was driving a 2001 Toyota Celica in mixed urban and rural settings. I also logged some journeys where I drove other vehicles, ranging from a 1983 Series III Land Rover through to a \u2018new\u2019 BMW 520D, the latter being equipped with automatic transmission. Much of the time, and especially when commuting, the speed at which I progressed was controlled by vehicles in front of me, and in this regard the driving style of those drivers was also captured in the data to some extent. Analysis of individual driving styles is beyond the scope of this article, but nonetheless such analysis would be possible. I also logged the journeys completed by colleagues, friends and a couple of airport runs in some taxi Teslas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06973fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06973fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\">Analysis &amp; Findings<\/span><\/h4><p>The technical details are beyond the scope of this article, but the unvarnished processed data is as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afb1407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afb1407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Acceleration-Range-1024x649.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11681\" alt=\"Data charts of acceleration from rest\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Acceleration-Range-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Acceleration-Range-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Acceleration-Range-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Acceleration-Range-1536x973.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Acceleration-Range.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28cd17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28cd17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The green cells in the table are those with the highest count and the red are those with the lowest count.<\/p><p>The standard deviation in the acceleration data is large, and a detailed statistical review of the data would be to credit it with more veracity than it deserves. However, a total of 906 events of uninterrupted acceleration between 0 to 10 mph were recorded (an average of broadly one every 4 miles).The mean and median of the data both lie within the range expected of a\u00a0<i>\u201ccomfortable rate\u201d<\/i>\u00a0of acceleration as suggested by literature, in the region of 1.5 to 2.0 m\/s<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/p><p>Other observations are suggestive, if not absolute.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00a00b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00a00b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\">Moving Forward?<\/span><\/h4><p>It is perhaps surprising, when moving into a generation of autonomous vehicles, that publicly available data on \u2018typical\u2019 driving styles is potentially antiquated.<\/p><p>Gathering data by using a free smartphone app inevitably leaves vast scope for improvement in the quality of data acquired. Telematics \u2018black boxes\u2019 have the potential to capture a vast amount of information. The information they capture may provide the building blocks for establishing \u2018safe\u2019 driving styles. However, when a vehicle is autonomous, what is \u2018safe\u2019 acceleration from rest, who defines what is \u2018safe\u2019, and where is the peer-reviewed body of research to substantiate it? These matters will inevitably come under scrutiny in the future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f9a95f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f9a95f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Original.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8669\" alt=\"example of an old car accelerating extensively from rest\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Original.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Original-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Acceleration-from-Rest-Original-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6b7f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd6b7f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is not clear whether currently accepted published literature relating to comfortable rates of acceleration from rest will become outdated as vehicle technology moves ahead. There will not, however, be a shortage of information on which to base new research moving forward. Welcome, Collision Investigation, to the next chapter in the information age.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c0ad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22c0ad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #0a527a;\">About the Author<\/span><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/richard-baker\/\">Richard<\/a> specialises in the forensic investigation of road traffic accidents\/collisions, vehicle and mechanical failures, and image analysis typically of video recordings from CCTV systems and \u2018dash-cams\u2019.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/experts\/richard-baker\/\">Richard<\/a> has extensive experience in engineering design and analysis. As well as taking on more traditional mechanical engineering cases, such as those involving failures of mechanical joints and fasteners, Richard uses his experience in engineering data analysis and interrogation in cases involving video analysis. Richard applies scientific analysis methods to video recordings to facilitate interpretation of events in the context of space (position), time, speed, and the fundamental scientific and engineering principles that bound the problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acceleration from Rest in Road Traffic Collisions in the Information Age emphasises understanding junction dynamics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8667,"parent":0,"template":"","insight_category":[],"experties":[70],"class_list":["post-8664","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","experties-road-traffic-collisions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Acceleration Forces: Forensic Analysis of Motion<\/title>\n<meta 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