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Risk Analysis of Sea Traffic in the Area around Bornholm, 2008. - VTT

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<strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> for <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Traffic</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>around</strong> <strong>Bornholm</strong><br />

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4.5.2 Cross<strong>in</strong>g collision frequency<br />

Any ship-ship collision that does not <strong>in</strong>volve two ships sail<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> same<br />

route is classified as cross<strong>in</strong>g collision.<br />

In a first step, it has to be clarified, whe<strong>the</strong>r two ships can <strong>the</strong>oretically collide.<br />

This is only <strong>the</strong> case, if <strong>the</strong>ir traces <strong>in</strong>tersect. Essentially, <strong>the</strong>re are two basic<br />

k<strong>in</strong>ds <strong>of</strong> cross<strong>in</strong>gs: X-cross<strong>in</strong>gs (full <strong>in</strong>tersection) and Y-cross<strong>in</strong>gs (merg<strong>in</strong>g<br />

traffic):<br />

Figure 9<br />

X-type cross<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Figure 10<br />

Y-type cross<strong>in</strong>g with and without <strong>in</strong>tersection<br />

For X-cross<strong>in</strong>gs, basic prerequisite for collision is given <strong>in</strong> every s<strong>in</strong>gle cross<strong>in</strong>g<br />

event. For Y-cross<strong>in</strong>gs, this applies only to one out <strong>of</strong> two cross<strong>in</strong>g events<br />

on average.<br />

All o<strong>the</strong>r, more complex cross<strong>in</strong>g types, such as two-lane Y-cross<strong>in</strong>gs or<br />

roundabouts can be modelled as an array <strong>of</strong> several X- and Y-cross<strong>in</strong>gs (see<br />

Appendix A).<br />

On this basis, collision frequency is calculated based on<br />

P:\65775A\3_Pdoc\DOC\P-65775A ma<strong>in</strong> report f<strong>in</strong>al corr prepared for PDF.DOC<br />

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