Every year there are about 5500 fatal accidents in British homes (some two fifths of all fatal accidents). A further 2 2 million people have non-fatal accidents at home needing hospital treatment, and another 900 000 are dealt with by general practitioners. The cost of domestic accidents to the health service in England and Wales is about £300 000 a year.' Statistical information about non-fata...

The accident rate for general aviation remains high. While most general aviation accident studies have been pilot-focused, there is little research on the involvement of aircraft maintenance errors. We undertook a study to answer this question. The Microsoft Access database was queried for accidents occurring between 1989 and 2013 involving single engine piston airplanes operating under 14CFR P...

The UK On-the-Spot project (OTS) completed over 1500 in-depth investigations of road accidents during 20002003 and is continuing for a further 3 years. Cases were sampled from two regions of England using rotating shifts to cover all days of the week and all hours of the day and night. Research teams were dispatched to accidents notified to police during the shifts; arrival time to the scene of...

AIM To assess the prevalence of fatal road traffic accidents in Tirana, Albania, and describe their determinants. METHODS This cross-sectional study included all road traffic accidents recorded by the Traffic Police Department of Tirana district for the period 2000-2005. A structured questionnaire included information about the type of traffic accident (fatal vs non-fatal event), year of even...

Highway construction zone safety has been a research focus inmany countries formany decades. In the United States, regardless of the research efforts devoted, highway construction zones remain a serious safety concern for government agencies, legislatures, the highway industry, and the traveling public. In this study, the fatal and injury accidents between 1992 and 2004 inKansas highway constru...

Rollators (four-wheel walkers in USA; zimmer frames UK) are commonly used as mobility aids for the elderly and people with a variety of disabilities. Pedestrian rollator users sub-group Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), although this group is rarely recognised traffic safety contexts. The aim study to extract analyse related pedestrian accident injury data Sweden. results will provide valuable insi...