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Updating predictive accident models of modern rural single carriageway A-roads [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Reliable predictive accident models (PAMs) are essential to design and maintain safe road networks and yet the models most commonly used in the UK were derived using data collected 20 to 30 years ago.
Alan G. Wood   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Risk Prediction for Winter Road Accidents on Expressways

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Road accidents caused by weather conditions in winter lead to higher mortality rates than in other seasons. The main causes of road accidents include human carelessness, vehicle defects, road conditions, and weather factors. If the risk of road accidents
Daeseong Kim, Sangyun Jung, Sanghoo Yoon
doaj   +1 more source

Trismus: An unusual presentation following road accident

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2007
Trismus due to trauma usually follows road accidents leading to massive faciomaxillary injury. in the literature there is no report of a foreign body causing trismus following a road accident, this rare case is an exception. we present a case of isolated
S jagdeep thakur   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study of road traffic accidents and road safety behavior in Pune: A mixed- method approach

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2015
Background: In developing countries 85% of the deaths are as a result of road traffic crashes. India accounts for 10% of road accident fatalities Worldwide.
P R Raghav, N B Prasad, M Dholakia
doaj   +1 more source

Road Accident Analysis and Safety Audit: A Case Study of MDR 132

open access: yesCommunications, 2023
Road accident and road safety are the key global concerns and problem for emerging nations like India. It has been attempted to examine the accidents that happened on Major District Road (MDR) 132 (Nuh to Hodal), India in the last five years. The primary
Amir Ali Khan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-Resolution Road Vehicle Collision Prediction for the City of Montreal

open access: yes, 2019
Road accidents are an important issue of our modern societies, responsible for millions of deaths and injuries every year in the world. In Quebec only, in 2018, road accidents are responsible for 359 deaths and 33 thousands of injuries. In this paper, we
Glatard, Tristan   +3 more
core   +1 more source

What are the factors that contribute to road accidents? An assessment of law enforcement views, ordinary drivers’ opinions, and road accident records [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
What are the main contributing factors to road accidents? Factors such as inexperience, lack of skill, and risk-taking behaviors have been associated with the collisions of young drivers.
Feeney, A   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Optimal road accident case retrieval algorithm based on -nearest neighbor

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
An optimal algorithm which can help traffic managers to make more accurate decisions from previous road accident case knowledge has been proposed. The algorithm based on k -nearest neighbor determines weight value of each accident case feature based on ...
Xianyuan Dong, Mingjie Lu
doaj   +1 more source

Safety Ranking of the Lithuanian Road Network of National Significance

open access: yesThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2012
The Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on Road Infrastructure Safety Management requires that the Member States shall establish and implement the network safety ranking.
Vilma Jasiūnienė   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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