An Evaluation of Retro-Reflective Screens to Aid Conspicuity of Freight Trains at Passive-Control Level Crossings [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2021 Freight trains already passing through level crossings in rural areas at night can be difficult for approaching motorists to see. Crashes can occur if the crossing has ‘passive’ controls (Give way/Stop signs) and motorists fail to stop.
James Thompson +2 more
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Megújuló energiák az EU közlekedésében = Renewable Energies in EU Transport [PDF]
, 2021 Transport is an important sector of the European Union\u27s economy and plays a vital role in today\u27s mobile society. It has set a target of 10% for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport by 2020.
Hollósy, Zsolt +3 more
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School Road Safety Education in Uganda: Progress and Lessons Learned [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2021 The Uganda Road Accident Reduction Network Organisation (URRENO) is a non-profit, non-government organisation (NGO) mandated in 1997. From a modest pilot project funded by the World Bank in 2003, it has become a leader in the development, implementation ...
Tumwine Nkuruho +2 more
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Fatal footsteps: Understanding the Safe System context behind New Zealand’s pedestrian road trauma [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2021 In 2016 in New Zealand, pedestrians accounted for 7.6% (n=25) of all road fatalities and 6.6% (n=257) of serious injuries (Ministry of Transport, 2017). The aim of this research was to analyse a sample of pedestrian deaths and serious injury (DSI) cases ...
Lily Hirsch, Hamish Mackie, Iain McAuley
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Modelling New Zealand Road Deaths [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2021 New Zealand is developing an integrated road safety intervention logic model. This paper describes a core component of this wider strategic research carried out in 2018: a baseline model that extrapolates New Zealand road deaths to 2025.
Colin Morrison, Ernest Albuquerque
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Characteristics of Fatal Road Traffic Crashes Associated with Alcohol and Illicit Substances in Queensland (2011-2015) [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2021 Psychoactive substances affect driver behaviour in different ways, some of which can increase the risk of traffic crashes. This study investigated coroners findings for fatal road traffic crashes in Queensland for crash factors and driver behaviours ...
James Freeman +3 more
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Development and application of a vehicle safety rating score for public transport minibuses [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2021 Minibuses are widely used for public transport, particularly in developing countries, yet their safety levels are often poor. This study identified a simple set of active and passive safety measures and 566 minibuses in the United Arab Emirates were ...
David Logan +6 more
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Evaluation of the performance of Alcohol and Drug Awareness Courses provided in the ACT [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2020 Driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs is a significant road safety issue. As of November 2011, drivers in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) who have been found guilty of a drink or drug driving offence are required to undertake an Alcohol and ...
James Thompson +2 more
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Death and Injury in Motorcycle Accidents: The Utilisation of Technology to Reduce Risk. [PDF]
Journal of Road Safety, 2021 In the early 1970s in Great Britain, the fatality rate for motorcyclists was twenty times that for a car driver, this relative risk has widened to around fifty in modern times.
Vaughan Evans
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Factors affecting lane change crashes
IATSS Research, 2020 This study aims to investigate the contributing factors affecting the occurrence of crashes while lane-changing maneuvers of drivers. Two different data sets were used from the same drivers' population.
Mohamed Shawky
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