Spatial analysis of road crashes involving vulnerable road users in support of road safety management strategies

[Knee injuries of vulnerable road users in road traffic].

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of knee injuries among vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists. METHODS Two different periods (years 1985-1993 and 1995-2003) were compared. Inclusion criteria were furthermore Abbreviated Injury Scale knee 2-3 (AIS(knee)). Technical analysis assessed the type of collision, direction and speed as well...

O27: Prevention of Road Crashes in Iran

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Microscopic simulation as an evaluation tool for the road safety of vulnerable road users

O18: Vulnerable Road Users - Is There a Way to Protect? 

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Protecting Vulnerable Road Users from Injury

In its latest global assessment of road safety, the World Health Organization (WHO) reminded us that half of the 1.2 million fatalities occurring each year on the world’s roads concern vulnerable road users (VRUs), with children and elderly being overrepresented among victims [1]. ‘‘Vulnerable road user’’ is a term applied to those most at risk in traffic, i.e. those unprotected by an outside s...