860 Safe following distance? –driver perceptions to help reduce rear end road crashes in Australia

Relationship of head restraint positioning to driver neck injury in rear-end crashes.

Insurance claims were examined for evidence of neck injuries to drivers of passenger cars struck in the rear. Neck injury rates were significantly lower for male drivers, elderly drivers, and drivers in less severe crashes. Even after accounting for differences in driver demographics and crash severity, neck injury rates were significantly lower for drivers of cars with head restraints that wer...

Young driver education programs that build resilience have potential to reduce road crashes.

OBJECTIVE The research aimed to explore associations between participation in 2 education programs for school-based learner drivers and subsequent road traffic offenses and crashes among a large cohort of newly licensed drivers. METHODS DRIVE is a prospective cohort study of 20822 first-year drivers aged 17 to 24 in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Participants completed a detailed questionn...

Analyses of rear-end crashes based on classification tree models.

OBJECTIVE Signalized intersections are accident-prone areas especially for rear-end crashes due to the fact that the diversity of the braking behaviors of drivers increases during the signal change. The objective of this article is to improve knowledge of the relationship between rear-end crashes occurring at signalized intersections and a series of potential traffic risk factors classified by ...

Assessment of IVHS Countermeasures for Collision Avoidance: Rear-End Crashes

O27: Prevention of Road Crashes in Iran

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