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The influence of heavy goods vehicle traffic on accidents on different types of Spanish interurban roads

open access: yes, 2009
This paper illustrates a methodology developed to analyze the influence of traffic conditions, i.e. volume and composition on accidents on different types of interurban roads in Spain, by applying negative binomial models.
A. Gómez Méndez   +17 more
core   +1 more source

Feature Recognition of Urban Road Traffic Accidents Based on GA-XGBoost in the Context of Big Data

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2019
The identification of the characteristics of urban road traffic accidents is of great significance for reducing traffic accidents and the corresponding losses. In the context of big data, to accurately understand the characteristics of traffic accidents,
Yi Qu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Review of current practices in recording road traffic incident data: with specific reference to spatial analysis and road policing policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Road safety involves three major components: the road system, the human factor and the vehicle element. These three elements are inter-linked through geo-referenced traffic events and provide the basis for road safety analyses and attempts to reduce ...
Anderson, Tessa
core   +1 more source

The Impacts of Climate Change on Road Traffic Accidents in Saudi Arabia

open access: yesClimate, 2019
The potential costs of road traffic accidents (RTAs) to society are immense. Yet, no study has attempted to examine the impact of climate change on RTAs in Saudi Arabia, though RTA-leading deaths are very high, and the occurrence of climatic events is ...
Md.Mazharul Islam   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic development, demographic characteristics, road network and traffic accidents in Zhongshan, China: gradient boosting decision tree model

open access: yesTransportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2020
This paper explores the joint effects of economic development, demographic characteristics and road network on road safety. Although extensive efforts have been undertaken to model safety effects of various influential factors, little evidence is ...
Weitiao Wu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do higher fuel prices help reduce road traffic accidents?

open access: yesAccident Analysis and Prevention, 2019
Road traffic accidents have decreased in most developed nations over the last decade. This has been attributed to improvements in vehicle and road design, medical technology and care, and driver education and training.
Nadia K. Naqvi, M. Quddus, M. Enoch
semanticscholar   +1 more source

FULL COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF CROSS-BORDER ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE EU: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SELECTED OPTIONS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
: Cross-border road traffic accidents raising jurisdictional issues represent about 1% of road traffic accidents in the EU27. The direct costs of these accidents can be set at approximately \u20ac450 million yearly, of which \u20ac150 million are due to ...
L., Schrefler, Renda, Andrea
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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

Comparison of data on traffic accidents between police database and helth statistical database [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The aim of this thesis is to compare the data on traffic accidents between police and health satistical database.\ud \ud Police database on road accidents condains details of those accidents, which we inspected the venue and there was record of the ...
Tomšič, Breda
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Traffic Safety in Sudan: Magnitude and Future Challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The performance of road safety in Sudan has generally deteriorated over the last few years as accident rates have witnessed a tremendous increase. The number of road accidents was 23850 in 2001 rising to a total of 38515 in 2005, then to 61428 accidents ...
Abudayyeh, D. (Dana)   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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