Accidents and congestion are two frustrating events, which can be observed very frequently on roads. Accidents, especially on expressways, can trigger heavy traffic congestions imposing huge external costs and reducing the level of service. Therefore it is obvious that accidents clearly have an impact on congestion. But the opposite, i.e. the effect of congestion on occurrence of accidents, is ...

Previous research on motorcycle crashes has shown the frequency and severity of accidents in which a non-priority road user failed to give way to an approaching motorcyclist without seeing him/her, even though the road user had looked in the approaching motorcycle's direction and the motorcycle was visible. These accidents are usually called "looked-but-failed-to-see" (LBFS) accidents. This art...

BACKGROUND Occupational accidents are a major point of concern in industries. The academic community should take the first step to address the long-neglected concerns of occupational safety. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and pattern of occupational accidents. MATERIALS AND METHODS A record-based, cross-sectional study was done in three tile factories of Mangalore city, in Karnataka. A ...

Accident represents a major epidemic of non-communicable disease in the present century. World health organization has defined accidents as “an unpremeditated event resulting in recognizable damage” [1]. Road traffic accidents (RTA) are ‘hidden epidemic” which though a priority has received much less attention [2]. Spectrum of accidents are Road traffic accidents, industrial accidents, domestic...

OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence and nature of unreported and reported home accidents in older people and to investigate associated environmental factors. DESIGN Postal questionnaire requesting information on home accidents in the preceding month. SETTING Inner London general practice. SUBJECTS All registered patients aged over 65 years (n = 1662), of whom 120 were inappropriately re...

Background: Accidents mainly occur at home. Children are most vulnerable to accidents and violence at home. Objectives: This study is aimed at identifying the rate of home accidents (burns and falls) among children under the age of five in Sudan and the associated factors. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. It used the survey approach to identify the rate of home...

OBJECTIVES to analyze work accidents involving exposure to biological materials which took place among personnel working in nursing and to evaluate the influence of the organizational culture on the occurrence of these accidents. METHOD a retrospective, analytical study, carried out in two stages in a hospital that was part of the Network for the Prevention of Work Accidents. The first stage ...