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Hot spot analysis and evaluation of influencing factors on regional road crash safety and severity indices: insights from Iran
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2023 Aug 10:1-14. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2023.2242339. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInadequate regional road safety studies have been conducted in developing countries like Iran. Regarding regional road safety indices (RSIs), a significant disparity between Iranian provinces was observed. Thus, it was aimed to evaluate the regional RSIs in Iran and identify their influencing factors and potential hot spots. Data on regional road crashes, fatalities, demographics, transportation, health institutions, economics, education, and fuel consumption rates were collected. The association between the vari...
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - August 16, 2023 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Morteza Ahmadpur Ilgin Yasar Source Type: research

Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on traffic congestion and safety skills using structural equation modeling (SEM) and Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA)
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2023 Aug 11:1-19. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2023.2242331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe current work presented a comparative analysis of traffic demand and safety skills before and after control measures during the COVID-19 epidemic, acquired time-series change data curves, and constructed a prediction model after determining the trend of traffic demand over time. From a data analysis perspective, the paper draws some interesting conclusions about long span, coarse sampling studies. In terms of the study population, the paper did focus on the specificity of the global epidemic. Kuwait was select...
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - August 11, 2023 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Sharaf AlKheder Manar Al-Mukhaizeem Hanaa Al-Saleh Eman Bahman Saqer Al-Ghanim Source Type: research

A matched case-control approach to identify the risk factors of fatal pedestrian crashes on a six-lane rural highway in India
This study utilized crash, traffic volume, speed, geometric, and roadside environment data of a 175 km six-lane rural highway in India. The identified major risk factors, such as clear zone width, the presence of habitation, service roads, and horizontal curve sections, increase the likelihood of a fatal pedestrian crash. This study provides specific insights for modifying the speed limit of highway sections passing through habitation. On such highway sections, designers should shift focus to pedestrian safety. It also suggests that the service road design needs to be reconsidered from a pedestrian safety viewpoint. The pr...
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - August 3, 2023 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Laxman Singh Bisht Geetam Tiwari Source Type: research

Evaluating the traffic safety performance of left-turn waiting areas at signalized intersections
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2023 Aug 1:1-9. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2023.2242333. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLeft-turn waiting area (LWA) is an innovative traffic design that is popularly applied to improve the traffic capacity of signalized intersections in China. The traffic safety impacts of the LWA, however, have not been fully discussed in previous studies. Thus, the study aims to evaluate the safety performance of the LWA by means of the traffic conflict technique. A field investigation was conducted to collect the post-encroachment time (PET) of conflicts and relevant variables at the signalized intersections in Ji...
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - August 1, 2023 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Guopeng Zhang Ying Cai Xianghong Hu Qianwei Xuan Source Type: research

Injury severity of single-vehicle large-truck crashes: accounting for heterogeneity
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2023 Jul 27:1-11. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2023.2239212. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis research examines the injury severity of single-vehicle large-truck crashes in Florida while exploring the role of heterogeneity. A random parameter ordered logit (RPOL) model was applied to 27,505 single-vehicle large-truck crashes from 2007 to 2016 in Florida, and the contributing factors were identified. Random parameters and interaction effects were introduced to the model to determine the heterogeneity and its potential sources. The results suggested that driving speed of 76-120 mph and defective tires ...
Source: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion - July 27, 2023 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Md Al Adib Sarker Alireza Rahimi Ghazaleh Azimi Xia Jin Source Type: research