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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"crash characteristics"”.
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An Analysis of Emergency Vehicle Crash Characteristics
Crash data suggests that intersections are areas producing conflicts among the various road users because of entering and crossing movements. Traffic signal control systems may not always be sufficient in preventing collisions at intersections between emergency and other vehicles. The Firefighter …
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Identifying Secondary Crashes by Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Determining the Secondary Crashes Characteristics
… 2014). The risk of the occurrence of secondary crashes can be six times higher in the presence of a primary crash than that at a normal traffic condition (Yang et al., 2013 and Tedesco, 1994). The purpose of this study is 1) to develop a method to identify the secondary crashes with the primary …
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Development of an automated GIS tool to identify and rank high pedestrian crash zones
… United States. Identification of high pedestrian crash zones is an important component to help allocate resources to enhance pedestrian safety by reducing the number and severity of crashes in a cost effective way. High crash zones identify the locations that pose high risks to pedestrians. The …
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Design of a testing device for quasi-confined compression of lithium-ion battery cells
The Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory at MIT has formed a battery consortium to promote research concerning the crash characteristics of new lithium-ion battery technologies as used in automotive applications. Within a broad range of tests, there was a need to perform compression tests with a …
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Quantitative Approach and Departure Risk Assessment for Unmanned Aerial Systems
… usage of UA increases, the probability of a UA crash resulting in injuries of 3rd parties on the ground also increases. The goal of this research was to create a method and software tool that gives the user an accurate representation of the risk to 3rd parties on the ground associated with a …
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Regional Analysis of Log Truck Crashes in the United States between 2011 and 2015
… the forest products supply chain, yet log truck crashes are believed to have increased across the United States. We examined two federally maintained databases to explore crash characteristics. Study objectives were to characterize log truck crashes nationally and regionally, and to compare log …
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Injury Mechanisms, Tissue Properties, and Response of the Post-Mortem Human Abdomen in Frontal Impact
… response and tolerance of the abdomen in crash-specific loading modes, could benefit the reduction of abdominal organ injury incidence in MVCs. Therefore, the objective of the research presented in this dissertation was to characterize abdominal injury mechanisms, tissue failure …
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The Potential of Event Data Recorders to Improve Impact Injury Assessment in Real World Crashes
… provide novel insight into motor vehicle crash characteristics. The "black boxes" in automobiles, EDRs directly measure precrash and crash kinematics. This data has the potential to eclipse the many traditional surrogate measures used in vehicle safety that often rely upon assumptions and …
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Analysis Of Various Car-truck Crash Types Based On Ges And Fars Crash Databases Using Mutlinomial And Binary Logit Model
… 400,000 trucks are involved in motor vehicle crashes. Crashes involving a car and truck have always been a major concern due to the heavy fatality rates. These types of crashes result in about 60 percent of all fatal truck crashes and two-thirds of all police-reportable truck crashes. …
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Urban Expressway Safety and Efficiency Evaluation and Improvement using Big Data
… of traffic congestion, safety is studied through crash analysis. Extensive works have been conducted to identify the contributing factors and remedies of traffic congestion and crashes. These studies lead to gathering consensus that operation and safety have played as two sides of a coin, …