conclusions the seatbelt wearing rate among the study participants was much lower than the 90% rate reported among iranian drivers in 2010. mandating seatbelt use, as in most countries, will be more effective if a combination of factors such as changes in vehicle design, road safety, and driver and passenger behavior are taken into account. background seatbelts are a relatively low-cost safety ...

The Haddon Matrix was developed in the 1960s road safety arena, and has since been used in many public health settings. The literature and two specific case studies are reviewed to describe the background to the Haddon Matrix, identify how it has been critiqued and developed over time and practical applications in the work-related road safety context. Haddon’s original focus on the road, vehicl...

There is a perception that transportation professionals can do little about adverse weather effects because it is “Mother Nature”. Accordingly, most of the weather responsive strategies are reactive such as speed management, access control and other operational practices. In fact, particular weather factors should be considered during the design, perhaps even the project planning stages, to avo...

This paper compiles, evaluates and analyses information from different data sources on accidents and health, road transport and economic performance in a comprehensive manner to assess the size and impact of road accidents and injuries in regions under increasing motorization. Strategies based on global road safety improvement experiences are presented. In addition the paper aims at discussing ...

To evaluate the road safety development of a country over time, the percentage change in the number of road fatalities is traditionally the main indicator. However, simply considering the reduction in the road fatalities may not correctly reflect the real improvement in road safety because the transport circumstances of a country underlying the road fatalities also change every year. In this st...

Despite many efforts to improve road safety, the road accident statistics remain a concern throughout the world. This work, after considering for France in particular the possible reasons for this, proposes to extend the issue of Road Safety to the land planning problematic which responds to the characteristics of a spatialized complex system. The methodology used in the ANR program CRITERE mix...

India had earned the dubious distinction of having more number of fatalities due to road accidents in the world. Road safety is emerging as a major social concern around the world especially in India. Drinking and driving is already a serious public health problem, which is likely to emerge as one of the most significant problems in the near future. The role of alcohol in traffic safety has pro...

Pillars with width-to-height ratios of less than 1.0 are frequently created in underground hard rock mines. The strength of slender pillars can be estimated using empirically developed equations. However, the equations can provide variable results when the width-to-height ratios approach 0.5. This paper investigates some of the issues affecting pillar strength at low width-to-height ratios in h...

So far, road safety is studies with the general purpose traffic simulation models extended towards including conflict statistics. This approach, however, is inherently limited. The dynamic road safety model should incorporate the variables that are critical for road incidents but superfluous for simulating general traffic: the characteristics of mechanical and functional characteristics of vehi...