A frequently asked question of Foundation staff is "What is the safest car color?" Psychological studies show that color has an effect on behavior, and there are other studies about color and conspicuity, but there are very few studies examining the impact of car color on crash rates. "Colors can create conditions that can cause fatigue, increase stress, decrease visual perception, damage eyesi...

Maria Krafft Folksam Research and Karolinska Institute Sweden. Despite a good prognosis for individual victims, AIS 1 neck injuries causing long-term consequences are the most common disability injury in Sweden. This study compares the characteristics of rear impacts causing both shortand long-term disabil ity neck injuries. Real life data from Swedish insurance material during 1 990-1 993 were...

Objective The objective of this study was to understand the relationship between some most common diseases that are known contribute excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and traffic injury crashes. Specific focus on disease crash type (single-vehicle or multiple-vehicle crash) severity.Methods This registry-based considered all passenger car drivers involved in a Sweden 2011 2016 who were 40 year...

In the road traffic safety domain there is a need for using proactive (non-crash-based) indicators, known as performance indicators (SPIs). Traffic speed based on big data (floating car [FCD]) could help develop network-wide SPIs, but related knowledge and experience are insufficient so far. The authors attempted to fill this gap by nationwide Italian FCD speed-related SPIs validating their rel...

BACKGROUND Research on injuries in racing drivers is limited. OBJECTIVE To gain more information about such injuries. METHODS Injuries recorded during and after races between 1996 and 2000 were investigated using the medical charts from the circuit medical centre at Fuji Speedway, which is one of the biggest circuits in Japan. Races were in either single seat/formula cars or saloon cars. ...