Are speed cameras an effective measure to change road users’ risky behaviour?

Task:

Choose a problem and an intervention that you would like to simulate and analyse using Agent-Based Modelling. Run the model several times, over various settings, and present key findings in a three-page report.

Summary:

Evidence suggests that reducing the mean speed of traffic on the road results in a decrease in the number of accidents and the severity of injuries caused. Speed cameras are employed as a means to enforce speed limits on the road. This report takes a look at the effectiveness of these cameras in changing the behaviour of road users, to encourage road safety, by analysing the results obtained from an Agent-Based Model used to simulate this intervention.

Link to report: key-findings-report

Tools:

All simulations were developed and ran in NetLogo.

Link to code: traffic-simulation-abm

Please note that the speed-camara-model.nlogo file can be uploaded to the NetLogo Web platform to run simulations.