A Review of the Traffic Accidents and Related Practices Worldwide

Abstract

A traffic accident, a traffic collision or crash occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road barriers, or any stationary obstruction such as a tree or a utility pole. Traffic collisions may result in injury, death, vehicle damage and possession damage. Motor vehicle collisions cause death and disability as well as a financial burden. Traffic accidents cause many losses especially of human life, property damages, and loss of resources. Indeed, even in strife influenced countries such as Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, and Yemen, road traffic remains the most common cause of fatal injuries, causing between two and eight times more fatalities than war and lawful mediation. The World Health Organization (WHO) 2013 assessed the traffic casualty rate in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) to be the second most elevated rate universally after the African Region and extending a few other countries in the region. The aim of this paper was to enrich the global highway safety knowledge by revealing the catastrophic impact of traffic accidents on the economy of the societies and the safety of the common worldwide.

Trend analysis and fatality causes in Kenyan roads: A review of road traffic accident data between 2015 and 2020

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Design of Lightweight Driver-Assistance System for Safe Driving in Electric Vehicles

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Smart Urban Mobility Innovations: A Comprehensive Review and Evaluation

“…Furthermore, driver assistance systems, particularly in AV, have been shown to reduce chance of driver error by improving perception of environment and automating many tasks previously reliant on human drivers [ Considering 3,000 people die and 30,000 people are injured on roads everyday [122] a total reduction in the amount of accidents would provide significant alleviation of a major public health issue [12]. Furthermore, from an economic perspective some calculations show that accident reduction of AV could result in economic benefits of over US$1,000 per vehicle, per year.…”