OBJECTIVE To determine the role of vehicle safety features, particularly vehicle size and weight, compared with other factors in parental decisions about choosing vehicles for teens to drive. METHODS Written questionnaire to parents of teenagers attending drivers education training. RESULTS The response rate to the survey was 62.6%. Two thirds reported that the teen would drive an existing ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is an association between use of substances that contain caffeine and the risk of crash in long distance commercial vehicle drivers. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australia (WA), Australia. PARTICIPANTS 530 long distance drivers of commercial vehicles who were recently involved in a crash attended by police (cases...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the association between past medical contacts and the risk of vehicle collision in a population of older drivers from the province of Quebec, Canada. DESIGN Case-crossover study. SETTING Quebec. PARTICIPANTS 111 699 older drivers involved in at least one vehicle collision between January 1988 and December 2000. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES For each driver, the risk of hav...

At a signalized intersection, drivers must make a stop/go decision at the onset of the yellow signal. Incorrect decisions would lead to red light running (RLR) violations or crashes. This study aims to predict drivers' stop/go decisions and RLR violations during yellow intervals. Traffic data such as vehicle approaching speed, acceleration, distance to the intersection, and occurrence of RLR vi...

In recent research on modelling road collisions very little attention has been paid  to rear-end chain reaction collisions, which is characterized by more than two vehicles involved in a collision at the same time. The core aim of the present research is to develop a methodology to estimate such potential collision probabilities based on a proactive perspective, where deceleration rate to avoid...

INTRODUCTION The risk of collision between pedestrians and powered two-wheelers is poorly understood today. The objective of this research is to determine the risk for powered two-wheeler drivers of hitting and injuring a pedestrian per kilometer driven in towns and to compare this risk with that run by four-wheeled vehicle drivers. METHOD Using the bodily injury accidents recorded by the pol...

The 2000 United States Census counted 35 million residents aged 65 years old or older. Projections indicate that this number will increase to 63 million by 2025. This increase is important for those concerned about vehicle safety because older drivers and passengers are vulnerable road users. Much of the previous research concentrates on the role of the aging process on crash involvement among ...