Underage Pedestrian Road Users in Terms of Road Accidents

The article discusses the level of road safety in the case of the city of Sosnowiec. Traffic safety was compared over a 11-year period from 2006 to 2016. The data were obtained from the municipal police headquarters in Sosnowiec. The authors of this publication created a graphical presentation of traffic incidents with their participants and causes. Numerical data have been presented, and separated into road accidents and collisions as well as injured and fatalities. The age and sex characteristics of the perpetrators of road accidents were presented. The QGIS program was also used for the analysis, which allowed us to map the most dangerous intersections in Sosnowiec.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of road safety in the city of Sosnowiec in the period 2006-2016

Kurek¹,

Jużyniec²,

Kielc³

2018

“…Traffic participant faults, transport breakdowns and poor road infrastructure contribute to their creation. It is most difficult to eliminate the first mentioned causes [1,2]. Appropriate diagnostics of the means of transport (for example, by non-invasive methods [3,4]) can reduce their cause in road accidents.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Detection of Cracks in Asphalt Pavement During Road Inspection Processes

Staniek

2017

DETECTION OF CRACKS IN ASPHALT PAVEMENT DURING ROAD INSPECTION PROCESSESSummary. Road inspection is one of key processes of a pavement management system, whose function is to examine and describe the road infrastructure condition. When thoroughly performed, it provides the information required to implement an adequate road infrastructure maintenance policy and plan ad hoc repairs or refurbishments. This article discusses a solution for automatic asphalt pavement cracking detection, based on image-processing technology. This solution makes it possible to identify different crack types, i.e., transverse, longitudinal, alligator-type and technological cracks. The detection process is based on the application of various methods, including statistical difference identification for pre-assumed image analysis directions, i.e., in and opposite to the test vehicle running direction. The purpose of the morphological and filtering operations applied was to reduce the image noise level. The solution proposed was verified using video material in the form of a sequence of images recorded using the test vehicle.

“…The level of risk may be characterized in many different ways (e.g., [4,5,12]). The numbers of traffic accidents and the numbers of casualties are most commonly used.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Method for Identifying Hazardous Road Locations at the Intersection of Tramlines and Road Traffic

Żochowska

Soczówka

2017

METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING HAZARDOUS ROAD LOCATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TRAMLINES AND ROAD TRAFFICSummary. Passenger transport safety is an important issue. This paper presents a method for the identification of locations at the intersection of tramlines and road traffic, which are characterized by a high level of risk. Furthermore, different aspects of risk have been determined in order to analyse the problem in a complex way. For each aspect of risk, a measure was developed to estimate the level of risk. The application of the proposed method has been presented on the basis of an analysis of documentation of traffic incidents on the tram network. Accordingly, hazardous road locations have been identified.