Collision Rate of Hybrid Autonomous/NonAutonomous Driving Vehicles.

Hybrid driving vehicles are a combination of AVs and non-AVs (Autonomous and non-Autonomous Vehicles). Their co-existence is the inevitable future of mobility in smart cities. Thus, it is very important to understand and investigate how they might influence the future mobility and quality of life in the modern cities such as Dubai. This can be investigated using dedicated software such as SUMO (Simulation of Urban MObility). The aim of this paper is to study the effect of hybrid AVs/non-Avs traffic on the collision rate in urban areas in Dubai. As the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is subjected to the greatest pressure from motorized transport. The results of this investigation show that the hybrid driving has reduced collision rate with respect to the current manual driving system. This investigation also shows that restricting the higher traffic area such as Deira-Dubai to shorter vehicles $(< 3{{\ m}})$ could reduce the collision rate by $20\%$ .