This paper presents a method for hypothesis verification in automatic road extraction based on the topology of road networks. The method includes the generation of topology of road networks, verification of hypothesized road segments and prediction of missing road segments. The topology of road networks is generated using small scale aerial images as they exhibit a global structure of road netw...

iran and neighboring countries have a very high rate of road accidents with thousands of victims per year. in last 20 years, more than half million iranian were killed in road accidents millions suffering from injuries. as you know unintentional inures are a leading cause of death among children and young adult. “shefa” neuroscience research center is working on different scientific researches ...

A study was done on a road in the Western Cape of South Africa, the R44, to investigate the causes of road accidents. The causes of the accidents on this 25km stretch of road were deduced from analysing 404 accident reports and from relationships that were determined with other factors. Risk factors (human-, vehicleand environment factors) are proposed for the 14 accident types that occurred on...

Objective: This paper makes a projection of the vehicle ownership rate to the year 2010 and to use this projection to predict road accident deaths in year 2010. The projection served as an indicator for the Malaysian government to achieve a 4 road accident deaths per 10,000 vehicles safety target in year 2010. Method: The study included the prediction of vehicle ownership and the analysis of pa...

Title: WEATHER IMPACT ON ROAD ACCIDENT SEVERITY IN MARYLAND YUE LIU, M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2013 Directed By: Professor and Chair Ali Haghani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering This study was conducted to analyze and quantify the impact of weather factors on road accident severity, based on Maryland accident data during 2007-2010. In order to find a better ...

Numerous evaluation studies have reported large accident reductions when road accident blackspots are treated. A critical examination of these studies reveals that many of them do not account for the effects of well known confounding factors, like the regression-to-the-mean effect that is likely to occur at road accident blackspots. This paper shows that the more confounding factors evaluation ...

To enhance traffic safety, a multidisciplinary Road Accident Investigation Team was established in Denmark for a 2-year trial period. The objective was to conduct in-depth investigations of specific types of accidents, and to identify effective preventive measures. The team consisted of a road engineer, a vehicle inspector, a police superintendent, a psychologist and a physician. Seventeen seri...

road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death and disability in the world. so, the aim of current study was investigated the epidemiologic survey of road traffic injuries in patients admitted in al-jalil hospital in aq-qala. this study was conducted on 5774 patients during 2007-2012, to evaluate the profile of 2784 injury patients due to road traffic accidents, admitted in al- jalil hosp...

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...