An ALNS-based approach for the traffic-police-routine-patrol-vehicle assignment problem in resource allocation analysis of traffic crashes
CONCLUSIONS: The results show that the optimal allocation scheme for traffic police is 13 RPVs based on the global static resolution mode. Specifically, the average waiting time for traffic crash handling can be reduced to 5.5 min, with 53.8% less than 5.0 min and 90.0% less than 10.0 min.PMID:38620024 | DOI:10.1080/15389588.2024.2335560 (Source: Traffic Injury Prevention)
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - April 15, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jibiao Zhou Minjie Zhang Hongliang Ding Source Type: research
The effects of postural support padding modifications to child restraints for children with disability on crash protection
CONCLUSIONS: This study does not support the use of postural support padding to increase recline of a forward-facing restraint or padding behind the head. Recommendations in published standards and guidelines to not use foam that is spongy, soft or easily compressed, with preference for secured firm foam or short-term use of tightly rolled or folded toweling under the child restraint cover is supported. This study also highlights the importance of considering the whole context of child occupant protection when using additional padding, particularly the change in the child's seated position when adding padding in relation t...
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - April 15, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Lyndall Cook Julie Brown Nicholas Kent Tom Whyte Lynne E Bilston Source Type: research
An ALNS-based approach for the traffic-police-routine-patrol-vehicle assignment problem in resource allocation analysis of traffic crashes
CONCLUSIONS: The results show that the optimal allocation scheme for traffic police is 13 RPVs based on the global static resolution mode. Specifically, the average waiting time for traffic crash handling can be reduced to 5.5 min, with 53.8% less than 5.0 min and 90.0% less than 10.0 min.PMID:38620024 | DOI:10.1080/15389588.2024.2335560 (Source: Traffic Injury Prevention)
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - April 15, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jibiao Zhou Minjie Zhang Hongliang Ding Source Type: research
The effects of postural support padding modifications to child restraints for children with disability on crash protection
CONCLUSIONS: This study does not support the use of postural support padding to increase recline of a forward-facing restraint or padding behind the head. Recommendations in published standards and guidelines to not use foam that is spongy, soft or easily compressed, with preference for secured firm foam or short-term use of tightly rolled or folded toweling under the child restraint cover is supported. This study also highlights the importance of considering the whole context of child occupant protection when using additional padding, particularly the change in the child's seated position when adding padding in relation t...
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - April 15, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Lyndall Cook Julie Brown Nicholas Kent Tom Whyte Lynne E Bilston Source Type: research
The effects of postural support padding modifications to child restraints for children with disability on crash protection
CONCLUSIONS: This study does not support the use of postural support padding to increase recline of a forward-facing restraint or padding behind the head. Recommendations in published standards and guidelines to not use foam that is spongy, soft or easily compressed, with preference for secured firm foam or short-term use of tightly rolled or folded toweling under the child restraint cover is supported. This study also highlights the importance of considering the whole context of child occupant protection when using additional padding, particularly the change in the child's seated position when adding padding in relation t...
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - April 15, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Lyndall Cook Julie Brown Nicholas Kent Tom Whyte Lynne E Bilston Source Type: research
An ALNS-based approach for the traffic-police-routine-patrol-vehicle assignment problem in resource allocation analysis of traffic crashes
CONCLUSIONS: The results show that the optimal allocation scheme for traffic police is 13 RPVs based on the global static resolution mode. Specifically, the average waiting time for traffic crash handling can be reduced to 5.5 min, with 53.8% less than 5.0 min and 90.0% less than 10.0 min.PMID:38620024 | DOI:10.1080/15389588.2024.2335560 (Source: Traffic Injury Prevention)
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - April 15, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jibiao Zhou Minjie Zhang Hongliang Ding Source Type: research
Outcome evaluation of the p drivers Program: Randomised controlled trial of a program to improve safe driving among novice drivers
CONCLUSIONS: The P Drivers Program was successful in improving attitudes toward driving safety but the negative impact on behaviour, lack of effect on crashes, and the large loss to follow-up fail to support the use of a post-licensing behaviour change program to improve novice driver behaviour and reduce crashes.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: 363,293 (ANZCTR, 2012).PMID:38615505 | DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2024.107569 (Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention.)
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 14, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: K Stephan A N Stephens M Scully E Mitsopoulos-Rubens S V Newstead Source Type: research
Outcome evaluation of the p drivers Program: Randomised controlled trial of a program to improve safe driving among novice drivers
CONCLUSIONS: The P Drivers Program was successful in improving attitudes toward driving safety but the negative impact on behaviour, lack of effect on crashes, and the large loss to follow-up fail to support the use of a post-licensing behaviour change program to improve novice driver behaviour and reduce crashes.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: 363,293 (ANZCTR, 2012).PMID:38615505 | DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2024.107569 (Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention.)
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 14, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: K Stephan A N Stephens M Scully E Mitsopoulos-Rubens S V Newstead Source Type: research
Outcome evaluation of the p drivers Program: Randomised controlled trial of a program to improve safe driving among novice drivers
CONCLUSIONS: The P Drivers Program was successful in improving attitudes toward driving safety but the negative impact on behaviour, lack of effect on crashes, and the large loss to follow-up fail to support the use of a post-licensing behaviour change program to improve novice driver behaviour and reduce crashes.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: 363,293 (ANZCTR, 2012).PMID:38615505 | DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2024.107569 (Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention.)
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 14, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: K Stephan A N Stephens M Scully E Mitsopoulos-Rubens S V Newstead Source Type: research
Pedestrians injuries in the north east region of Jamaica: a cross sectional study
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2024 Apr 12:1-7. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2024.2337750. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo describe the sociodemographic data of injured pedestrians, temporal patterns of injury, injury patterns, and the independent predictors of hospital admission. A two year cross-sectional study was conducted at the Saint Ann's Bay Regional Hospital in pedestrians with injuries post collision with a motor vehicle. A census was performed in all patients who received either emergency room treatment, hospital admission, or surgical intervention. A 30-item interviewer questionnaire was administered to collect the data...
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - April 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Cary Fletcher Kaye Lambert Fletcher Source Type: research
A variable speed limit control approach for freeway tunnels based on the model-based reinforcement learning framework with safety perception
Accid Anal Prev. 2024 Apr 12;201:107570. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107570. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo improve the traffic safety and efficiency of freeway tunnels, this study proposes a novel variable speed limit (VSL) control strategy based on the model-based reinforcement learning framework (MBRL) with safety perception. The MBRL framework is designed by developing a multi-lane cell transmission model for freeway tunnels as an environment model, which is built so that agents can interact with the environment model while interacting with the real environment to improve the sampling efficiency of reinforcement learning...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jieling Jin Ye Li Helai Huang Yuxuan Dong Pan Liu Source Type: research
Assessing the predictability of surrogate safety measures as crash precursors based on vehicle trajectory data prior to crashes
This study aims to investigate the predictability of surrogate safety measures (SSMs) for real-time crash risk prediction. We conducted a year-long drone video collection on a busy freeway in Nanjing, China, and collected 20 rear-end crashes. The predictability of SSMs was defined as the probability of crash occurrence when using SSMs as precursors to crashes. Ridge regression models were established to explore contributing factors to the predictability of SSMs. Four commonly used SSMs were tested in this study. It was found that modified time-to-collision (MTTC) outperformed other SSMs when the early warning capability wa...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Yuxuan Wang Chengcheng Xu Pan Liu Zhibin Li Kequan Chen Source Type: research
Assessing the predictability of surrogate safety measures as crash precursors based on vehicle trajectory data prior to crashes
This study aims to investigate the predictability of surrogate safety measures (SSMs) for real-time crash risk prediction. We conducted a year-long drone video collection on a busy freeway in Nanjing, China, and collected 20 rear-end crashes. The predictability of SSMs was defined as the probability of crash occurrence when using SSMs as precursors to crashes. Ridge regression models were established to explore contributing factors to the predictability of SSMs. Four commonly used SSMs were tested in this study. It was found that modified time-to-collision (MTTC) outperformed other SSMs when the early warning capability wa...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Yuxuan Wang Chengcheng Xu Pan Liu Zhibin Li Kequan Chen Source Type: research
A variable speed limit control approach for freeway tunnels based on the model-based reinforcement learning framework with safety perception
Accid Anal Prev. 2024 Apr 12;201:107570. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107570. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo improve the traffic safety and efficiency of freeway tunnels, this study proposes a novel variable speed limit (VSL) control strategy based on the model-based reinforcement learning framework (MBRL) with safety perception. The MBRL framework is designed by developing a multi-lane cell transmission model for freeway tunnels as an environment model, which is built so that agents can interact with the environment model while interacting with the real environment to improve the sampling efficiency of reinforcement learning...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Jieling Jin Ye Li Helai Huang Yuxuan Dong Pan Liu Source Type: research
Pedestrians injuries in the north east region of Jamaica: a cross sectional study
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2024 Apr 12:1-7. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2024.2337750. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo describe the sociodemographic data of injured pedestrians, temporal patterns of injury, injury patterns, and the independent predictors of hospital admission. A two year cross-sectional study was conducted at the Saint Ann's Bay Regional Hospital in pedestrians with injuries post collision with a motor vehicle. A census was performed in all patients who received either emergency room treatment, hospital admission, or surgical intervention. A 30-item interviewer questionnaire was administered to collect the data...
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - April 13, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Cary Fletcher Kaye Lambert Fletcher Source Type: research
