The objective of the study was to assess the independent contribution of individual, car and circumstantial features in severe and fatal car crashes involving young drivers. A prospective longitudinal, register-based cohort study was conducted at national level (in Sweden), in which people born in the years 1970-1972 (n = 334070) were followed up for the period 1988-2000 (aged 16-18 years in 19...

OBJECTIVE This study aligns to the body of research dedicated to estimating the underreporting of road crash injuries and adds the perspective of understanding individual and crash factors contributing to the decision to report a crash to the police, the hospital, or both. METHOD This study focuses on road crash injuries that occurred in the province of Funen, Denmark, between 2003 and 2007 a...

A key to the development of effective crash countermeasures is an understanding of pre-crash causal and contributing factors. This research effort was initiated to provide an unprecedented level of detail concerning driver performance, behavior, environment, driving context and other factors that were associated with critical incidents, near crashes and crashes for 100 drivers across a period o...

OBJECTIVE To describe the magnitude and characteristics of crashes and drivers involved in head-on crashes on two-way interurban roads in Spain between 2007 and 2012, and to identify the factors associated with the likelihood of head-on crashes on these roads compared with other types of crash. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted using the National Crash Register. The dependent vari...

Rear-end collisions are one of the most frequent crash types in the U.S. Pre-Collision System (PCS) have been developed to mitigate the frequency and severity of rear-end collisions. The potential effectiveness of these systems, however, depends on the driver’s state and their attempted avoidance maneuvers. This study utilized the National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey (NMVCCS), a unique...

15. Supplementary Notes Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program 16. Abstract The objective of this research is to characterize large truck safety levels in Texas on the basis of driver, vehicle, cargo, and carrier traits while controlling for the effects of crash and operating environment conditions. Data to support this investi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Both distractions (external and internal) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are serious risk factors for traffic crashes and injuries. However, it is still unknown if ADHD (a chronic condition) modifies the effect of distractions (irregular hazards) on traffic crashes. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of distractions and ADHD on tr...

OBJECTIVES The 2013 World Health Organization Status Report on Road Safety estimated that approximately 1.24 million deaths occur annually due to road traffic crashes with most of the burden falling on low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this research is to study the prevalence of road traffic crashes in Mekelle, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia and to identify risk factors with the ult...

Transportation professionals have long recognized the harm of trespassing along railway rights-of-way. However, the non-crossing rail trespassing issue has received less attention than highway-rail grade crossing crashes, despite the fact that nearly 8,800 rail-trespassing crashes occurred on non-crossing rail tracks during the past decade, with a large number of them resulting in fatality. Als...

OBJECTIVE to analyze the occurrence of severe injuries and deaths among crash victims transported to hospitals in relation to occupant and scene characteristics, including on-scene patient mobility, and their potential use in triaging patients to the appropriate level of care. METHODS the occurrence of death and ISS>15 were studied in relation to occupant, crash and mobility data readily avai...