Traffic Management is a huge problem in large cities. Absence of technological support to complement road safety measures results in loss of precious human lives and severe implications to our environment. According to National Highway Traffic Safety administration (Fatal Car Accidents, 2005), around 43,000 people were killed in accidents, millions of people were injured and the economic conseq...

Terror attacks in Israel produce a temporary lull in light accidents followed by a 35% spike in fatal accidents on Israeli roads 3 days after the attack. Our results are based on time-series analysis of Israeli traffic flows, accidents, and terror attacks from January 2001 through June 2002. Whereas prior studies have focused on subjective reports of posttraumatic stress, our study shows a popu...

Toxicological examinations of systemic fluids and tissues from individuals involved in work accidents should be taken into consideration while giving medico-legal opinions referring to fatal work accidents, especially those with a higher risk of being exposed to the effects of gases, vapours of solvents or chemical semi-products involved with a given type of production. The authors show the sig...

Background: Several factors influence the growth in the number of road traffic accidents and the resulting death rate. Road accident scenarios can be considered in different seasons and time intervals. In the present study, the role of factors effective in the growth of the number of accidents was explored in the south of Kerman during the period from 2013 to 2017. Materials and Methods: In th...

OBJECTIVE To study the mortality of women in an occupation known to have a high mortality among men. METHODS A total of 6788 female seafarers of all job categories who had been employed on Danish merchant ships, passenger ships, and privately owned ferries between 1986 and 1993, were followed up until the end of 1993. RESULTS Standardised mortality ratio (SMR) was 1.20 (95% confidence inter...

background: all over the world motorcycle accident are one of the major causes of road death and injury. this study aimed to determine the pattern of motorcycle fatal accidents in mashhad-iran. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 2006 to analyze the epidemiological pattern of the mo­tor­cycle accident in mashhad, north-eastern iran . three hundred fifty cases of m...

In this paper gives ever-increasing number of traffic accidents that are due to a diminished driver’s vigilance level has become a problem of serious concern to society. Drivers with a diminished vigilance level suffer from a marked decline in their perception, recognition, and vehicle-control abilities and, therefore, pose a serious danger to their own life and the lives of other people. Stati...

A retrospective cross-sectional study is conducted analysing 11,771 traffic accidents reported by the police between January 2008 and December 2013 which are classified into three injury severity categories: fatal, injury, and no injury. Based on this classification, a multinomial logit analysis is performed to determine the risk factors affecting the severity of traffic injuries. The estimatio...

This project proposes an accident cost estimation model in the aviation industry in Nigeria. The model takes into consideration the probability of accidents and the cost of the potential consequences. Potential consequences of accidents are classified as human severity, property damage, and economic implications. The three classes of accidents identified in this study were fatal, serious, and m...