Behind the wheel: Probing into personality, skills, and driving behavior's role in bus rapid transit crashes
CONCLUSION: The study findings offer valuable insights into the predictors of crashes among professional BRT drivers, which can be used to enhance driving practices, ensuring the safety of the public. Moreover, these findings provide transportation agencies with better management and decision-making capabilities to implement effective interventions to improve road safety.PMID:38488754 | DOI:10.1080/15389588.2024.2322672 (Source: Traffic Injury Prevention)
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - March 15, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Harpreet Singh Ankit Kathuria Source Type: research
Lateral safety evaluation of autonomous trucks in overtaking maneuvers and adverse weather: Exploratory comparison of different lateral control modes
This study provides crucial insights for future considerations integrating road longevity and truck safety in a collaborative manner, and the proposed methodology has broad applications.PMID:38479204 | DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2024.107540 (Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention.)
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - March 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jilong Chen Feng Chen Suiyang Zhao Source Type: research
Summary of influences that led to introduction of frontal airbags on US passenger vehicles
CONCLUSION: In 1966, there was support from the US auto industry for a single source of safety regulations that apply to new vehicles sold in the US. This is evidenced by the unanimous passage by the House of Representatives and Senate of the Law that created the Federal auto safety regulatory framework. The Law also required seatbelts in new cars and prohibited States from making separate safety rules. However, the large safety benefits offered by seatbelts were negated because they were rarely used. Consequently, finding ways of providing high levels of protection without requiring action by occupants became a goal of th...
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - March 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Kennerly H Digges Source Type: research
The influence of seated postures and anthropometry on lap belt fit in vehicle occupants: A 3D computed tomography study
CONCLUSIONS: The belt-pelvis angle and the belt-ASIS overlap of individuals will provide valuable information for understanding the current belt-fit location and predicting submarining occurrences for individuals in various postures when designing restraint systems.PMID:38478461 | DOI:10.1080/15389588.2024.2321915 (Source: Traffic Injury Prevention)
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - March 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Yoshihiko Tanaka Houtatsu Shu Yuqing Zhao Koji Mizuno Minoru Yamada Yoichi Yokoyama Yoshitake Yamada Masahiro Jinzaki Source Type: research
Lateral safety evaluation of autonomous trucks in overtaking maneuvers and adverse weather: Exploratory comparison of different lateral control modes
This study provides crucial insights for future considerations integrating road longevity and truck safety in a collaborative manner, and the proposed methodology has broad applications.PMID:38479204 | DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2024.107540 (Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention.)
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - March 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jilong Chen Feng Chen Suiyang Zhao Source Type: research
Summary of influences that led to introduction of frontal airbags on US passenger vehicles
CONCLUSION: In 1966, there was support from the US auto industry for a single source of safety regulations that apply to new vehicles sold in the US. This is evidenced by the unanimous passage by the House of Representatives and Senate of the Law that created the Federal auto safety regulatory framework. The Law also required seatbelts in new cars and prohibited States from making separate safety rules. However, the large safety benefits offered by seatbelts were negated because they were rarely used. Consequently, finding ways of providing high levels of protection without requiring action by occupants became a goal of th...
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - March 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Kennerly H Digges Source Type: research
The influence of seated postures and anthropometry on lap belt fit in vehicle occupants: A 3D computed tomography study
CONCLUSIONS: The belt-pelvis angle and the belt-ASIS overlap of individuals will provide valuable information for understanding the current belt-fit location and predicting submarining occurrences for individuals in various postures when designing restraint systems.PMID:38478461 | DOI:10.1080/15389588.2024.2321915 (Source: Traffic Injury Prevention)
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - March 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Yoshihiko Tanaka Houtatsu Shu Yuqing Zhao Koji Mizuno Minoru Yamada Yoichi Yokoyama Yoshitake Yamada Masahiro Jinzaki Source Type: research
Lateral safety evaluation of autonomous trucks in overtaking maneuvers and adverse weather: Exploratory comparison of different lateral control modes
This study provides crucial insights for future considerations integrating road longevity and truck safety in a collaborative manner, and the proposed methodology has broad applications.PMID:38479204 | DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2024.107540 (Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention.)
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - March 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jilong Chen Feng Chen Suiyang Zhao Source Type: research
Heterogeneity in crash data: A cross comparison between ordered probability model and its variant using crashes at suburban type arterial
This study uses state-of-the-art methodologies to model the injury severity of traffic crashes that occurred on a specific road segment, namely, a suburban-type road (STR), simultaneously addressing issues related to unobserved heterogeneity in data. Multiple heterogeneity ordered probit models are evaluated against Ohio crash data from the Highway Safety Information System (HSIS). The findings reveal the heterogeneous nature of some variables, such as the nighttime indicator, and demonstrate the distinctive feature of each model to capture the effect of unobserved heterogeneity in analyzing data with such variables. Furth...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - March 12, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Bedan Khanal Anahita Zahertar Steven Lavrenz Source Type: research
On the impact of on-road partially-automated driving on drivers' cognitive workload and attention allocation
In this study, 30 Ontario drivers operated a vehicle in manual and partially-automated mode. Cognitive workload was measured by means of the Detection Response Task, and visual attention was measured by means of coding glances on and off the forward roadway. No difference in cognitive workload was found between driving modes. However, drivers spent less time glancing at the forward roadway, and more time glancing at the vehicle's touchscreen. These data add to our knowledge of how vehicle automation affects cognitive workload and attention allocation, and show potential safety risks associated with the adoption of partiall...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - March 12, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Francesco N Biondi Noor Jajo Source Type: research
Development and classification of autonomous vehicle's ambiguous driving scenario
Accid Anal Prev. 2024 Mar 11;200:107501. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107501. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHuman drivers are gradually being replaced by highly automated driving systems, and this trend is expected to persist. The response of autonomous vehicles to Ambiguous Driving Scenarios (ADS) is crucial for legal and safety reasons. Our research focuses on establishing a robust framework for developing ADS in autonomous vehicles and classifying them based on AV user perceptions. To achieve this, we conducted extensive literature reviews, in-depth interviews with industry experts, a comprehensive questionnaire survey, and ...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - March 12, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Tiju Baby Hatice Şahin Ippoliti Philipp Wintersberger Yiqi Zhang Sol Hee Yoon Jieun Lee Seul Chan Lee Source Type: research
Impact of Geriatric Experience Training on Nurses in Preventing Falls in Elderly Patients
CONCLUSION: Geriatric experience training for nurses in multiple primary healthcare units in the region could effectively improve the capabilities of primary hospitals in preventing falls/bedside accidents.PMID:38466065 (Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine)
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Yi Zhang Qing Zhang Xiao Wang Cairong Sun Xiaofen Jiang Ying Liu Weiming Wang Jing Xu Source Type: research
The challenge of meeting global targets for road traffic fatality reduction
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2024 Mar;31(1):1-2. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2024.2322910. Epub 2024 Mar 11.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38466956 | DOI:10.1080/17457300.2024.2322910 (Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion)
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - March 11, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Geetam Tiwari Source Type: research
Are front crash prevention systems less effective at preventing rear-end crashes where trucks and motorcycles are struck?
DISCUSSION: If all passenger vehicles were equipped with FCW and AEB that were as effective in crashes striking a truck or motorcycle as they are in crashes with another passenger vehicle, over 5,500 additional crashes with medium/heavy trucks and 500 with motorcycles could potentially be prevented annually in the United States above what would be expected from current front crash prevention systems. Extending front crash prevention testing in consumer information programs to include motorcycle and truck targets could encourage auto manufacturers to improve performance in these crash scenarios.PMID:38466620 | DOI:10.1080/1...
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - March 11, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jessica B Cicchino David G Kidd Source Type: research
Impact of Geriatric Experience Training on Nurses in Preventing Falls in Elderly Patients
CONCLUSION: Geriatric experience training for nurses in multiple primary healthcare units in the region could effectively improve the capabilities of primary hospitals in preventing falls/bedside accidents.PMID:38466065 (Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine)
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Yi Zhang Qing Zhang Xiao Wang Cairong Sun Xiaofen Jiang Ying Liu Weiming Wang Jing Xu Source Type: research
