O39: Increasing of Public Information to Reduce Accident and Road Crash

Older Vulnerable Road Users – Measures to Reduce Crash and Injury Risk

Older pedestrians and cyclists are vulnerable road users, comprising a substantial proportion of all road fatalities world-wide. Pedestrian fatalities constitute between 20 and 30 percent of road fatalities, while cyclist deaths range from 2 percent in Australia to 10 percent in Denmark, Belgium, Germany and Sweden to 23 percent in the Netherlands. Older pedestrians and cyclists are over-repres...

Information Extraction and Interactive Visualization of Road Accident Related News

This paper describes a strategy of extracting information from raw data and visualizing them in web browser. Raw data are collected from newspaper. These raw data are in English language. By implementing text mining process specific information extracted and this process explained clearly. Derived information is specifically on road accident related news but raw data contains all kind of news. ...

Road Accident due to a Pancreatic Insulinoma

Insulinoma is a rare pancreatic endocrine tumor, typically sporadic and solitary. Although the Whipple triad, consisting of hypoglycemia, neuroglycopenic symptoms, and symptoms relief with glucose administration, is often present, the diagnosis may be challenging when symptoms are less typical. We report a case of road accident due to an episode of loss of consciousness in a patient with pancre...

Road traffic accident fatalities: 1961 to 1986.

The various trauma-induced pathologies found at necropsy following road traffic accidents in the Bassetlaw area of Nottinghamshire from 1961 to 1986 were recorded and related to the time of death. The catchment area was mainly rural, including stretches of the A1 and A57, but included two small towns (Worksop and Retford). Pick up times varied considerably depending on the site of the accident,...

Factors affecting road crash modeling

Perception of road accident causes.

A theoretical two-dimensional model on prevalence and risk was developed. The objective of this study was to validate this model empirically to answer three questions: How do European drivers perceive the importance of several causes of road accidents? Are there important differences in perceptions between member states? Do these perceptions reflect the real significance of road accident causes...