title: Mean-field theory for car accidents.
abstract: We study analytically the occurrence of car accidents in the Nagel-Schreckenberg traffic model. We obtain exact results for the occurrence of car accidents P(ac) as a function of the car density rho and the degree of stochastic braking p(1) in the case of speed limit v(max)=1. Various quantities are calculated analytically. The nontrivial limit p(1)-->0 is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-li, Taiwan.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Tseng