Accident prediction models (APMs) have been extensively used in site ranking with the objective of identifying accident hotspots. Previously this has been achieved by using a univariate count data or a multivariate count data model (e.g. multivariate Poisson-lognormal) for modelling the number of accidents at different severity levels simultaneously. This paper proposes an alternative method to...

We propose a forensic VANET application to aid an accurate accident reconstruction. Our application provides a new source of objective real-time data impossible to collect using existing methods. By leveraging inter-vehicle communications, we compile digital evidence describing events before, during, and after an accident in its entirety. In addition to sensors data and major components status,...

Identifying patterns of factors associated with aircraft accidents is of high interest to the aviation safety community. However, accident data is not large enough to allow a significant discovery of repeating patterns of the factors. We applied the STUCCO algorithm to analyze aircraft accident data in contrast to the aircraft incident data in major aviation safety databases and identified fact...

General Aviation (GA) accident statistics indicate that visual flight rules (VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) is a major safety hazard within general aviation. Little research has been conducted to identify the factors that influence VFR pilots’ decisions to risk flying into deteriorating weather. As accident reports provide a naturalistic source of such information, ...

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...

The main objective of this study was to provide an improved method for safety appraisal in Ghana through the development and application of suitable accident prediction models for unsignalised urban junctions. A case study was designed comprising 91 junctions selected from the two most cosmopolitan cities in Ghana. A wide range of traffic and road data together with the corresponding accident d...

Hundreds of major industrial accidents happened in China every year which resulted in serious physical and social damage to the whole society. The post-accident investigation and penalties have caused great concern in recent years. Our study extends the research on accident investigation and penalty under different kinds of environmental pressures. Using 150 major industrial accidents and their...

Land-Use Planning with respect to major accident hazards constitutes one of the new requirements of the 'Seveso II Directive'. The paper discusses the rationale and the requirements set by the Directive for the operators of the plants and the planning authorities to take into account the major accident hazards in the land-use planning procedure. Then, the paper focuses on approaches and criteri...

BACKGROUND The British merchant fleet has expanded in recent years but it is not known whether this expansion has led to proportionate changes in mortality. AIMS To investigate mortality from accidents and injuries in British merchant shipping, to determine whether this has increased in recent years, to compare fatal accident rates across British industries and to review fatal accident rates ...