For more than 20 years, in France as in many other countries, the number of pedestrians killed in road accidents has tended to decrease. The stakes remain high, however : 1,126 pedestrians killed in France in 1994, and this user category is particularly vulnerable in accidents. To further our knowledge of pedestrian accidents, an analysis of data supplied in reports drawn up by the police force...

The aircraft accident that happened over the last 10 years has been classified into six categories according to their main contributing factors. Those results would have been the same if the figures represented the last 30 years or just the last year. The category is the largest one. It represents 70% of the accident. This figure represents all the accidents where the crew could really have don...

This research applies a concept of system control for safety to the accident analysis in two ways. The first part deals with accident cause analysis, while the second part deals with the accident analysis in the defense-in-depth approach. The summary is shown below. For the detail, please refer to the corresponding chapter in the above book or contact with Dr. Kohda (E-mail: [email protected]...

On each of three sessions, 5s viewed 20 presentations of an isolated accident (experimental group) or a benign (control group) motion picture scene. At the end of each session, 5s also saw the complete movie from which these scenes were taken. Skin conductance, self-reported distress, and, to a lesser extent, heart rate showed considerable carry-over of habituation from the accident scene viewe...