almost 1.2 million people pass away in the world every year due to traffic accidents. person, road and vehicle play important role in accidents that the most important factor is person. traffic accidents are the third cause of mortality in the world. modification and implementation of traffic laws and improvement of safety culture are being able to decrease traffic accidents. this descriptive s...

The aim of the study was to investigate the association between the use of benzodiazepine or benzodiazepine-like hypnotics and the risk of road traffic accidents. Data from three French national databases were matched: the health-care insurance database, police reports, and the police database of injury-related traffic accidents. A total of 72,685 drivers involved in injury-related road traffic...

This paper describes the development of two systems which manage the data related to traffic accidents. One system conducts analyses using information on accidents, roads, and weather; for example, calculation of the rate of the accidents depending on road conditions or weather. The second system analyzes accidents using the information on safe facilities, for example, extraction of the sites w...

This thesis investigates the distribution of slippery roads in Sweden and the UK for the present climate and how this may be affected by climate change for the rest of the century. It also addresses future scenarios for traffic accidents and winter road maintenance. The purpose of this thesis is to get a better understanding of winter road conditions and relationships to motor vehicle accidents...

Road traffic accidents including intercity car traffic accidents (ICTAs) are among the most important causes of morbidity and mortality due to the growing number of vehicles, risky behaviors, and changes in lifestyle of the general population. A sound knowledge of the geographical distribution of car traffic accidents can be considered as an approach towards the accident causation and it can be...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of variables such as personality traits, driving behavior and mental illness on road traffic accidents among the drivers with accidents and those without road crash. methods: in this cohort study, 800 bus and truck drivers were recruited. participants were selected among drivers who referred to imam sajjad hospital (tehran, iran) duri...

Road traffic accidents are the major cause of medico-legal deaths. In present study out of 229 autopsy cases in one year, 110 deaths were due to road traffic accident (R.T.A.) which shows the magnitude of the problem in Chitwan and adjacent districts in Nepal.

Enhancement of road traffic safety means that the human component as well as the technical components have to work at highest level. Together they build a complex system. Due to rising road traffic, mental and physical stress, driver’s concentration is deteriorating and is the main reason for traffic accidents. Improvement of the human factor is very difficult, but the introduction of driver as...