A comparison of the time series of alcohol-related accidents and of those not caused by drinking and driving, reveals a much greater decrease in alcoholrelated accidents than would have been expected based on the usual method of consideration: compared to 1980, alcohol-related accidents in the old federal states (i.e. in west Germany) decreased by 33 % in 1990, whereas the accidents not involvi...

Number of accidents during driving is increasing day by day and drowsy driving has been implicated as a causal factor in many accidents. Goal of driver drowsiness detection systems is to reduce these accidents. It has been seen that most of the accidents occur due to driver’s fatigue and a small due to inattention factor, therefore this paper reviews driver’s fatigue monitoring techniques in de...

The purpose of this study is to compare the value of statistical life (VSL) estimates for traffic, drowning, and fire accidents. Using a choice experiment in a mail survey of 5,000 Swedish respondents we estimated the willingness to pay for risk reductions in the three accidents. In the experiment respondents were asked a series of questions, whether they would choose risk reducing investments ...

This paper investigates determinants of crew and passenger injuries in passenger vessel accidents. Crew and passenger injury equations are estimated for ferry, ocean cruise, and river cruise vessel accidents, utilizing detailed data of individual vessel accidents that were investigated by the U.S. Coast Guard during the time period 2001-2008. The estimation results provide empirical evidence (f...

Road selection for hazardous materials transportation relies heavily on risk analysis. With risk being generally expressed as a product of the probability of occurrence and the expected consequence, one will understand that risk analysis is data intensive. However, various authors have noticed the lack of statistical reliability of hazmat accident databases due to the systematic underreporting ...

Information of occupational accidents is not standardized worldwide. Especially, developing countries do not have reliable information on their occupational accidents due to lack of proper recording and notification systems. The number of accidents is under-reported but figures are still used as a baseline for occupational safety work. In this paper global estimates of occupational accidents ar...