The scope of this paper is to outline, in a general way, the safety philosophy inherent in present roadand street design, trace the origin of this philosophy, and to present the principles for a new design of streets and roads. It will be argued that deficiencies in the present road design philosophy are the main cause of the global road safety crisis, clearly indicating its man-made nature. A ...

In its latest global assessment of road safety, the World Health Organization (WHO) reminded us that half of the 1.2 million fatalities occurring each year on the world’s roads concern vulnerable road users (VRUs), with children and elderly being overrepresented among victims [1]. ‘‘Vulnerable road user’’ is a term applied to those most at risk in traffic, i.e. those unprotected by an outside s...

The seriousness of road traffic accidents in terms of personal injuries, fatalities, and property damage, has been recognised by the World Health Organisation as a social and public health problem. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), based on advanced telecommunication and information technology, offer a great potential for improving the road safety situation for all types of road-users. ITS c...

We’re all familiar with the imagery: a silent cross and shuddering bundle of flowers left along the road marking where a life was lost. In 2007, 41,059 people died on our nation’s roadways. Traffic fatalities are the number-one killer of people ages two to 34 and have claimed more than one million lives in the past 25 years. But even more disturbing is that this loss is preventable. As motorist...

Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) have been impartially a hot research area over the recent years. Due to increase in vehicle crashes and fatalities, Vanet fascinate so much attention of both academia and industry. Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) are the dynamic subcategory of mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) in which mobile node presents set of smart vehicles on road. This paper basically descr...

Road traffic accidents (RTA) are one of the most important causes of death and disability all over the world. In developing countries the problem is more complicated. Based on the estimation by UNICEF, rate of RTA in Iran is 20 times more than world’s average. In Iran among all unintentional fatal injuries inflicted on children under five, traffic related fatalities are the leading cause ...

INTRODUCTION Drivers aged 16-24 are greatly over-represented in the statistics regarding crashes and fatalities on the road [1] , also in Australia [2]. Only 16% of driver licences in Australia are held by young drivers, aged 17-25 years, while this group makes up almost one third of all road crashes; the youngest drivers, 17-20 year olds, have a crash rate almost three times that of older driv...

A secondary data analysis using the Global Status Report on Road Safety (GSRRS) was carried out to assess the epidemiology of road traffic injuries (RTIs) and preventive strategies in the Eastern Mediterranean egion (EMR). EMR countries ranked equal first in the world for the highest number of fatalities due to RTIs (32.2 per 100 000 population). The region had about 4% of the world's vehicles ...

Background: Fatal road accidents are among the most important causes of mortality in the world; Iran has one of the world’s highest accident fatality rates. Therefore, it is important to have efficient pre-hospital emergency services. Objectives: The main aim of this study was to assess the road emergency sites (RECs) in Iran. Materials and Methods: Provincial data were used for this purpose. C...

The economic appraisal of road safety measures poses the basic problem of determining which method to use for the valuation of road safety measures. Given that road safety or, to be more precise, lack of road safety is measured in terms of the total number of fatalities and injuries, either slight or severe, the economic calculation can be based on the value of human life and the estimated cost...