Background and aims: The World Health Organization has listed Iran as the country with the highest number of driving accidents worldwide. Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari is among the top ten provinces in Iran. The aim of this study was to carry out an epidemiological survey on driving accidents resulting in deaths that were referred to the Forensic Medical Center. Methods: In this cross-sectio...

management of traumatized patients after road accidents is in many countries still a serious challenge. apart from technical problems in management of car accidents, the recovery and rescue of the patients and their transport to hospital need exact planning and efficient strategy. present lecture compares the trauma management in an industrial country like germany with this in iran. present wor...

60 Social Impacts of Using Internet of Things and Data Analytics to Prevent and Reduce the Rate of Accidents; K.G. Srinivasa, Computer Science and Engineering Department, M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India Abhinav Shikhar, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India J.S. Naveen, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India B.J. Sowmya, Computer Science ...

OBJECTIVE There is much evidence that driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs of abuse is related to an increased accident risk. A remaining question is whether the use of psychoactive substances is also related to clinically more severe accidents. The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between the use of psychoactive substances and the injury severity in a group of cr...

Background Research has shown that the use of power mobility devices is safe and beneficial for motor and cognitive development in children with motor disabilities; nevertheless, strong evidence of the benefits for social skill development is limited. This study aimed to examine the effects of combining ride-on car training with an adult-directed, social interaction program in a hospital-based ...

Guido Calabresi’s book, THE COSTS OF ACCIDENTS, gives two contrasting examples which together prove that efficient decisions about car safety devices must be guided by individual costs. Part I of this essay reviews Calabresi’s demonstration that, if charged accurate insurance costs, Taney would invest in improved brakes and Marshall would not. To show why this demonstration fails to inform deba...

Based on Coroners' verdicts, fatigue of car or truck drivers was a contributing factor in 9.1% of fatal accidents involving trucks. Based on the presence of factors such as extended driving hours, falling asleep at the wheel, comments about tiredness, driving right of centre and night-time driving, the authors estimated fatigue contributed to 19.9% of the accidents. There were approximately equ...

The use of active safety devices that can detect cyclists is considered an effective countermeasure for the reduction of the severity of injuries and number of deaths of cyclists. The detailed features of car–cyclist contact scenarios need to be clarified to develop such safety devices. Because there is limited information on real-world accidents, the present study investigates near-miss scenar...

Compliance to standardized highway design criteria is considered essential to ensure roadway safety. However, for a variety of reasons, situations arise where exceptions to standard-design criteria are requested and accepted after review. This research explores the impact that such design exceptions have on the frequency and severity of highway accidents in Indiana. Data on accidents at careful...

Seat belt legislation appears to have reduced mortality from, and the incidence of, serious head and facial injuries due to motor vehicle accidents. The use of seat belts has, however, also modified injury patterns in car occupants involved in accidents. This review traces the introduction of seat belt legislation and delineates the types of injury which have been attributed to seat belt wearing.