Abstract Left Turn Across Path with Opposite Direction (LTAP/OD) conflicts are one of the most common crash types at intersections. The research aims to reveal general and dynamic information about conflict for relevant street layouts each configuration LTAP/OD accidents involving passenger cars, motorcycles Ebikes. analysis was based on 276 collected by China In-Depth Accident Study (CIDAS 201...

automobile body plays crucial role in preventing the collision energy transfer in severe accidents to the passengers. if the collision energy is dissipated or saved in bumper or chassis, the amount of damage to the occupants would be minimized. using novel laminated panel (fiber metal laminate) in auto body, and considering the characteristics such as high energy absorption, strength, high dent...

This paper presents a system to improve the protection to the occupants of a World Rally Championship Car in case of a side impact involving a tree collision using energy absorbing structures. An outline of the immediate events after the car crash into a tree are provided followed by an analysis of a typical standard rollcage, then the design criteria and features of a carefully selected design...

This study investigates whether the monitoring role that has been ascribed to the right lateral prefrontal cortex in various cognitive domains also applies to the spatial domain. Specific questions of the study were (i) what kind of spatial contingencies trigger the putative monitoring function of right lateral prefrontal cortex and (ii) which other brain regions are functionally connected to i...

Numerical finite element simulations of the behavior of a car body in frontal, side or rear impact collision scenarios have become increasingly complex as well as reliable and precise. They are well established as a standard evaluation tool in the automotive development process. Both, the increased complexity plus the advances in computer graphics technology have resulted in the need for new vi...

In 1988, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme became the first production car with a basic head-up display, also known as HUD. Automotive safety was and continues to be the main driving force for the deployment of HUDs with the aim of preventing drivers from taking their eyes off the road to look down and read their dashboard instruments. Distracted driver studies have shown that taking your eyes off...

A 25-year-old boy presented to the emergency room with multiple trauma after a car crash in which the car had collided with a guardrail. The patient had been in the front passenger seat, wearing a seatbelt. At presentation, he was awake and complaining only of back pain. On examination, his vital signs were stable. He had tenderness over the vertebrae and a contusion where the seatbelt had been...

One of the key applications envisioned for C-V2I (Cellular Vehicle-to-Infrastructure) networks pertains to safety on the road. Thanks to the exchange of Cooperative Awareness Messages (CAMs), vehicles and other road users (e.g., pedestrians) can advertise their position, heading and speed and sophisticated algorithms can detect potentially dangerous situations leading to a crash. In this paper,...

This work was carried out under contract to the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, but the views expressed are ours and not necessarily those of the research laboratory or any part of the Department of the Environment, the Department of Transport, or other government department. I O'Day J, Scott RE. Safety belt use, ejection and entrapment. Health Educ Q 1984;11: 141-6. 2 Agran PF, Dunkle ...

Drunkenness and/or hypoglycaemia are possible causes of unusual behavior in a person with diabetes. The aim of this study was to demonstrate different methods which were used in two contradictory reviews of experts for retrospective assessment of a patient's condition in the course of a car crash: An insulin-treated driver caused a car accident resulting in injuries to two men. He was accused o...