Road characteristics and environment factors associated with motorcycle fatal crashes in Malaysia

Manan, Muhammad Marizwan Abdul; Várhelyi, András; Çelik, Ali Kemal; Hashim, Hizal Hanis

doi:10.1016/j.iatssr.2017.11.001

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“…Apart from that, slippery road has been reported to lead the accident causation especially in US and several other countries like Finland, Malaysia and Iran [10,[12][13][14][15][16]. Moreover, three studies conducted in China and a study conducted in Malaysia reported that asphalt-paved road with smoother surface is also prone to cause road accident [17][18][19][20]. The accident severity can become even worst when driving on the wet, slippery and smoother road surface especially when the tires tread wear.…”

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“…Secondly, in terms of road condition, most of the studies (n = 10) reported that driving on dark lighting road or road with no street light can significantly cause road accident in several countries like Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand, Pakistan and the US [5,6,8,16,20,[24][25][26][27][28]. Besides, nine included studies reported that the absence of road marking and other road signs as well as alert system such as the sign of speed limit have been reported to cause the occurrence of road accident [17,20,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Additionally, it has been recorded that malfunction traffic light did not only cause traffic jam in China, but also increased the accident risk [6].…”

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“…Thirdly, in terms of road geometric design, most accidents have been reported to occur at curve and narrow roads [6,13,17,21,31,33]. Young drivers were reported to be the most involved in road accident at the curve and narrow roads in several countries like Nigeria, China and the US [21,31,33].…”

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Technical Determinant of Road Accident: A Systematic Review

Harith¹,

Mahmud²

2018

IJET

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Road accident statistics has been reported increasing over the years and become one of the significant death contributors worldwide. In response towards this issue, appropriate countermeasures need to be outlined. Proposing a preventive plan requires comprehensive understanding on factors behind the occurrence of road accident. Therefore, this review paper aimed at investigating the factors behind the occurrence of road accident focusing on the technical factors. A review over five academic databases such as Emerald, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science and Wiley Online Library has been conducted leading towards an overall finding of 2462 related records. After screening and reviewing the records, only 38 studies were included. The result of the review indicated several technical factors in terms of road and vehicle faulty toward the occurrence of road accident.

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Technical Determinant of Road Accident: A Systematic Review

Harith¹,

Mahmud²

2018

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“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost to a quarter (24.1%) of the world's road traffic deaths occur among riders of powered-two-wheelers (PTW) [1], or commonly identified in Asian region as motorcycle [2]. Of these motorcycle fatalities, the South-East Asia region (i.e.…”

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“…affect the safety of motorcycles [5][6][7][8]. In Malaysia, motorcycle single-vehicle fatal crashes are almost four times more likely than those motorcycle involve in multi vehicle fatal crashes to occur on road with rutting and corrugation [2].…”

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Road Surface Condition and Monitoring System Utilizing Motorcycle (ROCOM)—System Development, Validation and Field Test

Manan¹,

RuhaizatAbdGhani²

2018

JTTE

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Motorcycles are the riskiest mode of travel in Malaysia, however motorcycles are also very sensitive to the road surface condition. Thus, by taking advantage of this, a system of software applications that analyses motorcycle motion and mapped out risky road sections was developed, i.e. ROCOM. The system consists of three major components, i.e. ROCOM Data Logger app, which utilizes a smart phone to collect acceleration data, ROCOM Risk Mapping app, which is a web-based application, and ROCOM Visual Tracking, which is a stand along software. ROCOM is able to detect adverse acceleration (> 2g) or vibration on the road surface similar to the High Accuracy GPS Data Logging for Vehicle Testing (VBOX). Risk mapping validation along a section of the motorcycle lane along Federal Route 2 shows that not only ROCOM have the similar risk-mapping pattern, but its route tracking capability on the map is far superior that the VBOX. The pilot and field test results showed that ROCOM works best when mounting the smartphone on the motorcycle handle bar or basket, and it can detect various road anomalies with successful detection rate of 62%, with high detection rate when passing through uneven road surfaces.

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Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map

Goel,

Tiwari,

Varghese

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Campbell Systematic Reviews

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BackgroundRoad Traffic injuries (RTI) are among the top ten leading causes of death in the world resulting in 1.35 million deaths every year, about 93% of which occur in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite several global resolutions to reduce traffic injuries, they have continued to grow in many countries. Many high‐income countries have successfully reduced RTI by using a public health approach and implementing evidence‐based interventions. As many LMICs develop their highway infrastructure, adopting a similar scientific approach towards road safety is crucial. The evidence also needs to be evaluated to assess external validity because measures that have worked in high‐income countries may not translate equally well to other contexts. An evidence gap map for RTI is the first step towards understanding what evidence is available, from where, and the key gaps in knowledge.ObjectivesThe objective of this evidence gap map (EGM) is to identify existing evidence from all effectiveness studies and systematic reviews related to road safety interventions. In addition, the EGM identifies gaps in evidence where new primary studies and systematic reviews could add value. This will help direct future research and discussions based on systematic evidence towards the approaches and interventions which are most effective in the road safety sector. This could enable the generation of evidence for informing policy at global, regional or national levels.Search MethodsThe EGM includes systematic reviews and impact evaluations assessing the effect of interventions for RTI reported in academic databases, organization websites, and grey literature sources. The studies were searched up to December 2019.Selection CriteriaThe interventions were divided into five broad categories: (a) human factors (e.g., enforcement or road user education), (b) road design, infrastructure and traffic control, (c) legal and institutional framework, (d) post‐crash pre‐hospital care, and (e) vehicle factors (except car design for occupant protection) and protective devices. Included studies reported two primary outcomes: fatal crashes and non‐fatal injury crashes; and four intermediate outcomes: change in use of seat belts, change in use of helmets, change in speed, and change in alcohol/drug use. Studies were excluded if they did not report injury or fatality as one of the outcomes.Data Collection and AnalysisThe EGM is presented in the form of a matrix with two primary dimensions: interventions (rows) and outcomes (columns). Additional dimensions are country income groups, region, quality level for systematic reviews, type of study design used (e.g., case‐control), type of road user studied (e.g., pedestrian, cyclists), age groups, and road type. The EGM is available online where the matrix of interventions and outcomes can be filtered by one or more dimensions. The webpage includes a bibliography of the selected studies and titles and abstracts available for preview. Quality appraisal for systematic reviews was conducted using a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews, AMSTAR 2.Main ResultsThe EGM identified 1859 studies of which 322 were systematic reviews, 7 were protocol studies and 1530 were impact evaluations. Some studies included more than one intervention, outcome, study method, or study region. The studies were distributed among intervention categories as: human factors (n = 771), road design, infrastructure and traffic control (n = 661), legal and institutional framework (n = 424), post‐crash pre‐hospital care (n = 118) and vehicle factors and protective devices (n = 111). Fatal crashes as outcomes were reported in 1414 records and non‐fatal injury crashes in 1252 records. Among the four intermediate outcomes, speed was most commonly reported (n = 298) followed by alcohol (n = 206), use of seatbelts (n = 167), and use of helmets (n = 66). Ninety‐six percent of the studies were reported from high‐income countries (HIC), 4.5% from upper‐middle‐income countries, and only 1.4% from lower‐middle and low‐income countries. There were 25 systematic reviews of high quality, 4 of moderate quality, and 293 of low quality.Authors' ConclusionsThe EGM shows that the distribution of available road safety evidence is skewed across the world. A vast majority of the literature is from HICs. In contrast, only a small fraction of the literature reports on the many LMICs that are fast expanding their road infrastructure, experiencing rapid changes in traffic patterns, and witnessing growth in road injuries. This bias in literature explains why many interventions that are of high importance in the context of LMICs remain poorly studied. Besides, many interventions that have been tested only in HICs may not work equally effectively in LMICs. Another important finding was that a large majority of systematic reviews are of low quality. The scarcity of evidence on many important interventions and lack of good quality evidence‐synthesis have significant implications for future road safety research and practice in LMICs. The EGM presented here will help identify priority areas for researchers, while directing practitioners and policy makers towards proven interventions.

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Road characteristics and environment factors associated with motorcycle fatal crashes in Malaysia

Cited by 93 publications

References 64 publications

Technical Determinant of Road Accident: A Systematic Review

Technical Determinant of Road Accident: A Systematic Review

Road Surface Condition and Monitoring System Utilizing Motorcycle (ROCOM)—System Development, Validation and Field Test

Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map

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