The British Hang Gliding Association accident report for 1975 reported two deaths. The remaining cases were predominantly limb fractures. The major causes of the injuries were inexperience, high wind speed, turbulence, and stalling. It is contended that the sport is no more risky than is rock climbing, motor-bike racing, skiing, or potholing, yet against these undoubtedly dangerous sports no th...

Traffic accidents at intersections in urban area are the most common and take a majority of the accident toll. Analysing and generating counter measures has been the major task for traffic safety officials and engineers. Without knowing the safety implications of the counter measures, the task normally concentrates on tackling accidents reflected in historic accident data. As more demand for tr...

OBJECTIVE To study and quantify the effect of factors related to the riders of powered two-wheelers on the risk of injury accident involvement. METHODOLOGY Based on national data held by the police from 1996 to 2005, we conducted a case-control study with responsibility for the accident as the event of interest. We estimated the odds ratios for accident responsibility. Making the hypothesis t...

More than 60% of accidents in Iran occur within 30 kilometers of cities entrance roads. Therefore the number of accidents per kilometer in these regions, in contrast to the other parts of roads is very considerable. The city of Tehran, as the capital of Iran, is the cross point of major arterials of passenger and freight transportation. Thus the evaluation of road safety, entering and exiting t...

car manufacturing industry accident’s rates from three major companies are analyzed. totally 1325 accidents with 4 cases of fatality were recorded. accident rates per 100 full-time workers have gradually increased from 5.3 to 8.7 during 3 years of study. most of the accidents occurred during the primary hours of the work, strains and sprains represented the most frequently occurring type of inj...

background because of occupational accidents, permanent disabilities and deaths occur and economic and workday losses emerge. objectives the purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors responsible for occupational accidents occurred in iran. patients and methods the current study analyzed 1464 occupational accidents recorded by the ministry of labor and social affairs’ offices i...

Major nuclear accidents, such as the recent accident in Fukushima, Japan, have been shown to decrease the public's acceptance of nuclear power. However, little is known about how a serious accident affects people's acceptance of nuclear power and the determinants of acceptance. We conducted a longitudinal study (N= 790) in Switzerland: one survey was done five months before and one directly aft...

The occurrences of accidents on the railways are inevitable in today’s world and the factors which may cause it, except the atmospheric and accidental ones, are identified and preventable as well. Therefore, these factors can be investigated and useful actions can be performed in order to reduce these accidents. The main impetus of the present research is the statistical analysis of the causes ...

Road accidents among professional drivers are a major problem in many companies. There are several traditional measures for improving safety, but knowledge about what measures are most effective is rather limited. The aim of the study is to compare four different measures for reducing accident involvement through changed driver behaviour. The measures are driver training, group discussions, cam...