Introduction: The prevalence of occupational accidents is very high in Brazil, having impacts on the health system and social security. This requires prevention, which must start with students of the Basic Education. Objectives: The knowledge on this kind of accidents among children and adolescents studying in an area near a sanitary landfill was evaluated, before and after the development of...

The demographic change and the expected change in driving patterns of elderly require adoption of cars in larger scale to this group than it was the case in the past. This study focusses on the special situation of elderly as car driver (w.r.t. accident risk) and car occupant (w.r.t. injury risks). The main data sources for this study were accident studies from the literature (mainly CCIS and G...

The aim of this study was to geospatially explore the occurrence rates of car accidents involving pedestrians in Cercado de Lima (Lima District), Peru. Car accidents involving pedestrians recorded in the 2015 National Police Station Census of the National Statistics and Information Institute were described and georeferenced. Subsequently, a Kernel Density analysis was carried out to locate area...

Traumatic aortic rupture (TAR) is one of the most significant causes of motor-vehicle fatalities with the majority of injuries occurring in the peri-isthmus region. Despite the fact that TAR accounts for 20% of the total automobile fatalities, there is uncertainty regarding its etiology and underlying mechanisms. Finite element (FE) models are essential for calculating the strains and stresses ...

Children's school journeys have changed vastly during recent decades: More children are being driven to school in private cars instead of walking and cycling, with many who are entitled to a free school bus service still being driven. Earlier research into travel mode choice has often investigated how urban form impacts upon mode choice regarding school journeys-in particular how urban form hin...