safety analysis of the roads through the accident rates which is one of the widely used tools has been resulted from the direct exposure method which is based on the ratio of the vehicle-kilometers traveled and vehicle-travel time. however, due to some fundamental flaws in its theories and difficulties in gaining access to the data required such as traffic volume, distance and duration of the t...

Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities account for approximately 21% and 8% of all road fatalities in the EU, respectively. The objective was to describe the characteristics of fatal crashes with pedestrians and bicyclists on Swedish rural roads and to investigate the potential of different infrastructure and vehicle interventions to prevent them. The Swedish Transport Administration (STA) in-dept...

road transportation by way of automobiles is a very convenient means of transportation. today, the most detrimental consequence of developing transportation systems in a country is traffic accident that places a huge financial burden on society. this paper investigates the role of information systems in transportation safety that leads to improved planning and operation of the transportation sy...

A pilot study was done to evaluate several road safety issues in Malaysia that arerelated heavy transportation. The project consisted of survey, analyticalcalculations, and computer simulations. survey conducted investigate the use current active features like warning signs, which include lights, light reflective stickers, color canvas used on vehicles. There were 55 responses collected showed ...