The influence of clear zone size and roadside vegetation on driver behavior

Fitzpatrick, Cole; Harrington, Curt P; Knodler, Michael A.; Romoser, Matthew R. E.

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2014.03.006

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“…Recent crash avoidance technologies, such as side view assist, forward collision warning/mitigation, lane departure warning/prevention, and adaptive headlights have great potential for preventing crashes 6 . The motor vehicle fatality rate may be further reduced by improved road conditions, clear zone sizes and clearing of roadside vegetation, improved driver behaviour, and modified speed limits during inclement weather 8,9 .…”

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Factors influencing vehicle passenger fatality have changed over 10 years: a nationwide hospital-based study

Ishii

Hitosugi

Takeda

et al. 2020

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Traffic injury trends have changed with safety developments. To establish effective preventive measures against traffic fatalities, the factors influencing fatalities must be understood. The present study evaluated data from a national medical database to determine the changes in these factors over time, as this has not been previously investigated. This observational study retrospectively analysed data from the Japanese Trauma Data Bank. Vehicle passengers involved in collisions from 2004-2008 and 2016-2017 were included. Data were compared between the two study periods, and between fatal and non-fatal patients within each period. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the factors influencing fatalities. In 2016-2017, patients were older and had lower fatality rates. In 2004-2008, fatalities were more likely to involve older male front-seat passengers with low d-BP, BT, and GCS values, and high AIS of the neck and abdomen. However, in 2016-2017, fatalities were more likely to involve older males with low GCS, high AIS of the abdomen, and positive focused assessment with sonography for trauma results. Our study identified independent factors influencing vehicle passenger fatalities, which will likely continue to evolve with the aging of the population and changing manners of injury.

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Factors influencing vehicle passenger fatality have changed over 10 years: a nationwide hospital-based study

Ishii

Hitosugi

Takeda

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“…To select the final subcorridors, it is suggested to take advantage of the European countries' experience (Copenhagen, Berlin etc. ), in which the design of a street space uses the so-called pyramid of priority, by which the pedestrian occupies the first step, cycling transport -the second, then followed by public transport, commercial and private transport [10]. Therefore, when calculating the minimum width of the street spatial corridor it is suggested to take into account pedestrian path as the basic of the spatial subcorridors and then all others according to priority.…”

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Principles of Street and Urban Road Space Formation in Modern Cities

Lytvynenko¹,

Tkachenko²,

Ilchenko³

2018

IJET

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The work is devoted to improving the principles of streets and urban roads beautification elements placing. The classification of streets and urban roads beautification elements is structured. The principles of streets and urban roads beautification elements placing by using new spatial corridor principle simulation are improved. Streets and urban roads beautification elements according to hierarchical levels are structured. The street structural model spatial corridor with distribution in sub corridors to deploy beautification elements is constructed. The spatial corridor and subcorridors characterized by linear parameters and formulas for their determination are suggested. The methodology of comprehensive streets and urban roads beautification designing according to the offered principle is improved. Reconstruction beautification experimental design of Shevchenko Street in Poltava, Ukraine is done.

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“…Vehicle speeds and lateral positions were the primary metrics used to evaluate drivers' response. In result, the authors observed that drivers' virtual road speeds for roadways with medium clear zone/dense vegetation or large clear zone/spare vegetation correlated with real road speed field data (Fitzpatrick, et al 2014). The study confirmed that drivers speed selections increased as the size of clear zone increased.…”

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“…Additionally, they concluded that drivers tend to drive closer to the edge of road as the size of the clear zone increase (Fitzpatrick, et al 2014). In all, the study successfully demonstrates the relationship between clear zone design and driver behavior, which could improve clear zone design practices and thus roadway safety.…”

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“…Other research (Fitzpatrick, et al 2014) have also shown that natural landscapes can effectively lower crash rates and cause less frustration and stress to the driver. According to a study by Fitzpatrick et al, the presence of roadside vegetation can serve as an effective countermeasure which also provides both environmental and psychological benefits to road users and drivers in particular.…”

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