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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Accident rate"”.
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Determination of Recurrent Risk Factors in the Accident Rate of Companies in the Construction Sector in Peru
… ocupacionales y un número significativo de accidentes, esto debido a la complejidad e interrelación de las actividades que realizan sus operarios y a la falta de compromiso por parte de las constructoras. Este estudio empírico tiene como objetivo identificar los factores de riesgo …
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Voluntary and Confidential Reporting Systems as a Means of Reducing the Accident Rate in Shadow 200 Flight Operations
… Aerial Vehicle has suffered an unacceptably high accident rate. Errors committed by operators have significantly contributed to this accident rate. The voluntary and confidential Aviation Safety Reporting System and Aviation Safety Action Program have been successful in identifying and addressing …
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Quantifying the Relationship Between Skid Resistance and Wet Weather Accidents for Virginia Data
… the effect of pavement skid resistance on wet accident rates have produced inconsistent results. This thesis analyzes the relationships between skid resistance, accident, and traffic data for the state of Virginia. The correlation between wet skid resistance measured with a locked-wheel trailer …
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A safety analysis of industrial accidents. Accident records of major coal producing countries are analysed to obtain fatal and non-fatal accident rates. Significant factors influencing these rates are identified with efficacy of preventive measures.
A comprehensive study of accident records which have occured in Coal Mining Industries of Europe and U. S. A are analysed. The intention of the research was to establish relationships between the various accidents and prevention methods adopted by each country are evaluated and to assess the impact …
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An Analysis of Helicopter EMS Accidents using HFACS: 2000-2012
… Board (NTSB) observed a marked rise in aviation accidents involving ambulance helicopters. Since then it has been observed that there are a disproportionate number of accidents in HEMS flying compared to other types of flying, including fixed-wing EMS. This phenomenon has been the subject of …
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Speed and fatigue control using speed limiter integrated fatigue analyzer for truck and bus
… study is to develop the speed limiter that integrated with fatigue analyser and investigate its effect on engine performance, accident rate and user (driver and passenger) perception. The new features were developed through several stages which include determining parameters such as frequency and …
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UNEXPECTED TRANSITION FROM VFR TO IMC: AN EXAMINATION OF TRAINING PROTOCOLS TO MITIGATE PILOT GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE
… the past ten years, there have been 264 aircraft accidents identified as Visual Flight Rules (VFR) into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). These accidents have a nearly 90% fatality rate and hundreds of people have been fatally injured (ASI, 2014a). The general aviation community, …
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Seguranca do trabalho no canteiro de obras: uma reflexão para o arquiteto
… conditions of the constction work. The high accident rate, material waste and man-power, high cost and improvisation highlighit the gap refring to safety and health prevention, which have to be part of the project. Highlights the architect needs to facilitate the constrctionof his / her …
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Safety performance comparison between light rail transit and subway
… injury and property damage categories demonstrates that accident rates may be unstable and easily distorted when the operational base is small. With increasing number of operations, the accident rate may become more predictable even if the simple numbers of accidents/incidents may still appear …
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The Effects of Aircraft Certification Rules on General Aviation Accidents
… the frequency of general aviation airplane accidents and accident rates on the basis of aircraft certification to determine whether or not differences in aircraft certification rules had an influence on accidents. In addition, the narrative cause descriptions contained within the accident …
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Road safety : an analysis of shortcomings with proposals for improvements from a road engineering perspective
… and over 1,500 were seriously injured in traffic accidents on Malta's roads. Recent statistics indicate that the accident rate is on the increase and, if appropriate measures are not taken, the current increase in traffic will undoubtedly lead to a further rise in the number of accidents. The main …
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Evaluation Update of Red Light Camera Program in Fairfax County, Virginia
… to evaluate the program. The violation and accident data at all of the study intersections were provided by Fairfax County Department of Transportation and Fairfax County Police Department. The traffic data in Fairfax County were provided by Virginia Department of Transportation. The results …
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Driver’s fatigue detection system based on facial features
… on roads the risk of getting involved in an accident is increasing as well. In Malaysia alone, the number of traffic accidents in 2007 almost doubled as compared to the number of traffic accidents that occurred in 1997. This high accident rate has led to road accidents being the 5th leading …
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Aircrew Adaptive Decision Making: A Cross-Case Analysis
Although the accident rate for military aviation has declined significantly from earlier decades, during the 1990's it reached a plateau. Human error in the cockpit still accounts for over 80% of the aircraft mishaps resulting in loss of life or over one million dollars in damage. Decision error …
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An investigation of driver attitudes towards road safety in Kuwait
Statistics show that the fatalities rate per 10,000 vehicles in the State of Kuwait is about three times that in the UK, and the number of traffic accidents in Kuwait is increasing each year. In 1992, there were 16,017 traffic accidents, with 279 killed. By 2005, the number of accidents had …
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Comparative analysis of aviation safety information feedback systems
… there are several feedback systems to prevent an accident. First of all, the accident and serious incident reporting and investigation system is established by the Chicago Convention. In general, once an accident or a serious incident occurs, it must be reported to the Investigation Authority in …
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A new approach to modeling aviation accidents
… GA flights have a much higher fatal accident rate than commercial operations. Recent estimates by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) showed that the GA fatal accident rate has remained relatively unchanged between 2010 and 2015, with 1566 fatal accidents accounting for 2650 …
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GIS-Based Pavement Maintenance Management Model for Local Roads in the UK
… Type of Deterioration, Observed Deterioration Rate, Traffic Diversion, Importance of Road/Classification, Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), Possible Conflict or Overlap with Other Road Works, Risk of failure, Safety Concern, Accident Rate (related to surface condition), Scheme Cost, …
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Test-driven development of embedded control systems: application in an automotive collision prevention system
… system leads to a significant reduction of the accident rate for rear-end collisions. In addition, experiments with prototype vehicles on test tracks and field tests are presented to verify the system’s functional requirements within a system testing approach. Finally, the new test-driven …
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Black spot analysis : infrastructure impacts on black spots in the Western Cape N1
… factors that contribute towards road accidents. The role of infrastructure in improving road safety is the primary focus of the research, as infrastructure influences the driving experience. Road design and geometry are important for the consistency of highway performance. Road …
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