Killer crashes: Fatal road traffic accidents in the UK

Clarke, David D.; Ward, Patrick; Bartle, Craig; Truman, W

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2009.11.008

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“…We are limited in this conclusion, however, because we did not have our participants clarify whether these tickets were due to speeding or other types of traffic infractions. Our finding of elevated speeding errors in the Veteran group is, however, very concerning given that in the general population speeding is among the top three causes of death in MVCs [19].…”

Section: Exploratory Analysis: Effect Of Posttraumatic Stress Disordercontrasting

confidence: 47%

Driving simulator performance of Veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Amick

Kraft²,

McGlinchey³

2013

JRRD

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Abstract-Driving simulator performance was examined in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/ OEF) Veterans to objectively evaluate driving abilities among this cohort who self-report poorer driving safety postdeployment. OIF/OEF Veterans (n = 25) and age-and educationmatched civilian controls (n = 25) participated in a 30 min driving simulator assessment that measured the frequency of minor, moderate, and severe driving errors. Frequency of errors in specific content domains (speed regulation, positioning, and signaling) was also calculated. All participants answered questions about number of lifetime traffic "warnings," moving violation tickets, and accidents. Veterans completed the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist-Military Version. On the driving simulator assessment, Veterans committed more minor, moderate, severe, and speeding errors and reported poorer lifetime driving records than the civilian control group. Exploratory analyses revealed an association between increasing errors on the driving simulator with increasing symptoms of PTSD, although statistically this correlation did not reach significance. These findings suggest that Veterans perform more poorly on an objective evaluation of driving safety and that the presence of PTSD could be associated with worse performance on this standardized driving simulator assessment.

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Section: Exploratory Analysis: Effect Of Posttraumatic Stress Disordercontrasting

confidence: 47%

Driving simulator performance of Veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Amick

Kraft²,

McGlinchey³

2013

JRRD

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“…Nowadays, China has also witnessed a substantial rise in the number of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities, especially since 1998 [1].…”

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Practice Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes Accident of a City in China

Xiong

2012

AEF

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Abstract. Many studies focused on the development of crash analysis approaches have resulted in aggregate practices and experiences to quantify the safety effects of human, geometric, traffic and environmental factors on the expected number of deaths, injuries, and/or property damage crashes at specific locations. Traffic crashes on roads are a major cause of road crashes in the metropolitan area of Xi'an. In an attempt to identify causes and consequences, reported traffic crashes for six years in Xi'an were analyzed using a sample of 2038 reports. The main types of information from such reports were extracted, coded, and statistically analyzed. Important results were obtained from frequency analyses as well as multiple contributory factors related to traffic crashes, including crash severity, time and location of occurrence, geometry of the road, AADT and v/c. This paper presents the results of such analyses and provides some recommendations to improve traffic safety and further studies to analyze potential crash locations.

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“…In fact, it is in non-built-up major roads where 35.9 % of all motorcycle crashes occur [9], the most prominent crash scenario [9][10][11] being the motorcycle going out of a curve at a relatively high speed, an event that is often associated with limited visibility (in 40 % of relevant accidents according to [12]). The run off the road is primarily caused by rider's errors, such as slide-out and fall due to over-braking, running wide of a curve due to excess or inappropriate speed, or undercornering [11]. Although inappropriate speed for the bend is the major cause in a large proportion of cases, there is also a significant fraction where the lack of experience is the main cause of accidents on bends.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Rider training should focus on improving cornering techniques and on developing raider's ability to plan ahead according to individual capacities [11], but must also be accompanied by personal education to provide self-monitoring attitude [5]. On the other hand, on-board active systems, such as ABS and Traction Control, proved to be effective in reducing accident figures by supporting the rider during braking and deceleration [13].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The above considerations remark the need for improving rider's insight into risk and self-limitations, which can be achieved both with training and thanks to on-board devices [5,11]. Rider training should focus on improving cornering techniques and on developing raider's ability to plan ahead according to individual capacities [11], but must also be accompanied by personal education to provide self-monitoring attitude [5].…”

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Experimental evaluation of a system for assisting motorcyclists to safely ride road bends

Biral

Bosetti

Lot

2014

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Introduction Road bends of extra-urban and rural roads are known to be particularly relevant for motorcycle riding safety. For this reason a Curve Warning system has been developed for assisting the motorcyclists to safely approach bends and curves. System Description The system is organized in three layers: the first is the scenario detection that uses on-board sensors and digital maps to feed the second layer, which is the risk assessment layer. This second layer combines road geometry, motorcycle dynamics, and rider style in a holistic approach for computing a safe reference maneuver and for detecting potential dangers in the curve negotiation. The safe reference maneuver is continuously recalculated to follow the evolving scenario according to a receding horizon approach. In case of potential danger, the third layer warns the rider by a proper Human Machine Interface, leaving to the rider the vehicle control.Paper contents This paper explains the Curve Warning concept and illustrates its implementation, development, and tuning on a motorcycle prototype. The latter has been used for a pilot campaign of road tests, which demonstrated that

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Killer crashes: Fatal road traffic accidents in the UK

Cited by 100 publications

References 21 publications

Driving simulator performance of Veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Driving simulator performance of Veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Practice Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes Accident of a City in China

Experimental evaluation of a system for assisting motorcyclists to safely ride road bends

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