METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY DETECTING DANGEROUS MERGING SITUATIONS

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for dynamically detecting dangerous merging situations. The method includes obtaining speed information for one or more road segments. The speed information includes lane-level traffic speed information. The method also includes determining a source speed of a source lane and a target speed of a target lane based on the speed information. The method further includes determining that a merging instance from the source lane into the target lane would be a dangerous merging situation based on a comparison of the source speed and the target speed. The method still further includes providing a signal based on the determination of a dangerous merging situation. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.