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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Fatal Crash"”.
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Spatial Analysis of Fatal Automobile Crashes in Kentucky
<p>Fatal automobile crashes have claimed the lives of over 33,000 people each year in the United States since 1995. As in any point event, fatal crash events do not occur randomly in time or space. The objectives of this study were to identify spatial patterns and hot spots in FARS (Fatal Analysis …
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A System-wide Planning Tool to Evaluate Access from Crash Sites to Medical Facilities in Virginia
Crash response planning is a vital component of emergency management and highway emergency response planning. Evaluation of coverage of medical facilities is required to determine adequate access from crash sites to medical facilities. This study proposes a proof of concept for a planning tool that …
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Transfer of Skill From a Computer -Based Training Program to Driving in a Simulated Environment
… years are at higher risk than other drivers for fatal crash involvement. As the U.S. population ages and the number of drivers over 70 increases, older drivers' safety becomes more of an issue for them and the drivers on the road with them. Working memory, visual attention, decision making, …
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Evaluation of safety benefits of the road cross section upgrading on the Okahandja Karibib road in Namibia
Globally, road fatalities have reached pandemic proportions. The Decade of Action for Road Safety of the United Nations has the aim to reduce road fatalities (UN, 2017, page 23). This dissertation investigates the Global and Namibian road safety status. The global road fatality rate is 17.7 deaths …
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Characteristics and contributory causes related to large truck crashes (phase-II) - all crashes
… Statistics clearly show that large-truck crashes contribute significantly to an increased percentage of high-severity crashes. It is therefore important for the highway safety community to identify characteristics and contributory causes related to large-truck crashes. During the first …
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Safety supervisory control, model-based hazard monitoring, and temporal logic: Dynamic risk-informed safety interventions and accident prevention
… this case escalated a hazardous condition into a fatal crash. In short, by leveraging tools that are not traditionally employed in risk assessment, the framework and tools proposed offers novel capabilities, complementary to the traditional approaches to risk assessment, and rich possibilities for …
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Spatial Analysis of Fatal Automobile Crashes in Nashville, TN, 2001-2011
… levels of motor vehicle ownership, automobile crashes have become a serious public issue in the U.S. and around the world. Knowing when, where, and how traffic accidents happen is critical in order to ensure road safety and to plan for adequate road infrastructure. There is a rich body of …