scholarly journals Środki działające podobnie do alkoholu a aspekty bezpieczeństwa w ruchu drogowym na terenie Pomorza Zachodniego*

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Potocka-Banaś ◽  
Michał Wojtyś ◽  
Tomasz Banaś ◽  
Urszula Semeniuk ◽  
Krzysztof Borowiak
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Technological Condition ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Medical University

ABSTRACTIntroduction: Nowadays automotive transport is the basis for the efficient functioning of society, thus road safety, which is dependent on many factors such as the technological condition of roads, weather or traffic regulations, has a substantial impact on its performance. It should also be emphasized that traffic safety depends primarily on the mental psycho-organic status of drivers.The presented retrospective study describes drugs and medicines known to act similarly to ethanol, and which can be detected in the blood of drivers.The study aimed to analyze statistical data on driver blood samples that were tested for the presence of substances acting like ethanol. The analysis focused on samples collected in the period 2011–2015 in the West Pomeranian province in Poland.Materials and methods: During the analyzed period, more than 3069 of toxicological tests were performed on driver blood samples at the Department of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin (Poland).Results: Based on the blood test results obtained in the period 2011–2015, the studies revealed the presence of substances acting like ethanol: 9delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (9ΔTHC), amphetamine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, cocaine, opiates and benzodiazepines. Moreover, the percentage of drivers whose blood samples revealed the presence of such substances increased steadily along with the simultaneous increase in the percentage of road users under the influence of the detected substance.Within the analysis, the presence of 9ΔTHC in the blood of dri­vers decreased from 80.45% to 44.13%, whilst the percentage of drivers with the presence of amphetamines increased from 16.43% to 46.85%, and was the most commonly detected psychoactive substance in 2015.Conclusions: The percentage of drivers whose blood samples revealed the presence of opiates, cocaine and benzodiazepines in the analyzed period remained at a constant low level of 5.24% in contrast to the number of drivers detected with amphetamines or 9ΔTHC.

scholarly journals Mathematical models as practical tool for road fatalities forecasts on road network in regions

2018 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 01018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Wachnicka
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
National Data ◽  
Local Characteristics ◽  
Practical Tool

The analysis of national data on the number of deaths showed that in Poland from 2010 to 2016 it was possible to reduce the number of fatalities by about 22%. The tendency of changes in the number of fatalities, however, is not homogeneous. When data of individual voivodships is analyzed, the situation is different. The largest reduction in fatalities in the analyzed period of time concerned voivodship Świętokrzyskie, where there was more than 45% drop in the number of fatalities. The following voivodships: Łódzkie, Lubelskie and Podkarpackie recorded a decrease in over 30% of fatalities. Unfortunately, at the end of the classification there were four voivodships with a fall below 8%, and what is disturbing voivodship Lubuskie recorded a nearly 5% increase in the number of fatalities. The current traffic safety management at the level of voivodships is often the implementation of central recommendations, which, as results from the analysis of statistical data, are not equally effective in every province. Therefore, models for forecasting changes in road safety are required. Taking into account local characteristics and implemented actions can be used to manage security more effectively at the regional level. This paper presents examples of the use of mathematical models to predict the number of fatalities in individual voivodships depending on the adopted action scenarios. Regression models were developed, taking into account demographic, infrastructural, economic and automotive factors. It turned out that in individual voivodships, various factors affect the level of road safety on roads differently. Therefore, an individual approach to each voivodship is important in order to reliably forecast the level of security.

scholarly journals Improvement of the traffic safety system

2021 ◽  
Vol 334 ◽  
pp. 01015
Author(s):  
Ksenia Shubenkova ◽  
Aleksey Boyko ◽  
Gulnara Yakupova ◽  
Kirill Magdin
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Initial Information ◽  
The Road ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The City ◽  
Haddon Matrix ◽  
Transport Management

Increase of the road safety is the main goal in the sphere of transport management. Authors state that the decision-making process should be based on the analysis of statistical data on the violations, traffic reasons of accidents and problem areas. Official statistics of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate is used as an initial information. As a method to determine factors influencing the traffic safety, the so-called Haddon matrix was used. Efficiency of the proposed recommendations is analyzed from the viewpoint of their role in the process of ensuring safety and sustainability of the city transport system.

scholarly journals Improving Traffic Safety By Using Waze User Reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 1202 (1) ◽  
pp. 012031
Author(s):  
Raitis Steinbergs ◽  
Maris Kligis
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Road Maintenance ◽  
Fast Reaction ◽  
Road Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Road Inspection ◽  
User Friendly

Abstract Road inspection regularity and existing types made by road maintenance crew have not been good enough to be aware what is really happening on the roads. Road users' contribution in road traffic safety is very important to ensure fast reaction on different road hazards. It is important to ensure not only the most common ways to report road hazards on state roads by phone, by email and on social media, but also expand data sources options in modern and user-friendly way. Waze navigation application already had functionality to report road hazards – to warn other application users, but no one acted to solve these road hazards until someone reported them through existing communication channels supported by Latvian State roads or Latvian road maintainer. To ensure better road traffic safety and faster reaction time on road hazards solving, Latvian road maintainer gained access to Waze report feed, and, in corporation with Riga Technical university, made a system for analysing and processing Waze data. As the result - Latvian roads maintainer can improve road safety by faster reaction to road hazards reported by Waze users. Today, up to 70 % from total reports processed by Latvian road maintainer are generated by Waze.

scholarly journals VICTIMOLOGICAL RISKS FOR ROAD USERS AS AN ELEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 2922-2927
Author(s):  
Vladyslava S. Batyrgareieva ◽  
Alina V. Kalinina ◽  
Kateryna O. Poltava
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Drunk Driving ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Criminal Offenses

The aim: This article aims to analyze the statistics of road accidents victims in Ukraine in general and the level of criminal offenses’ against traffic safety and transport operation victims, in particular, to consider the main victimological risks for road users and provide them with a public health approach. Materials and methods: The theoretical basis of the article is specialized literature on law, economics, and sociology. The empirical basis of the research was the materials of generalization of more than 1,000 criminal proceedings under Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the results of a survey of Ukrainian citizens on the state of road safety in Ukraine. Results: According to the results of an empirical study, in terms of role, pedestrians clearly predominate among the victims (59.6%), while every fourth victim is a passenger of a vehicle. Driver victims are only 14.6% of the total number. Victimological risk on the roads is the probability of becoming a victim and suffering damage to one’s life and health from criminal offenses against traffic safety and operation of transport. For each of the categories of victims there are both general and specific victimological risks. The causes of accidents can be grouped by the source of danger in the triangle “person – mechanism – road”. Conclusions: The most dangerous and widespread victimological risks for road users in Ukraine are speeding and maneuvering, drunk driving, parking violations, poor road infrastructure, physiological and psychological characteristics of road users, low professional skills of drivers, etc.

scholarly journals Inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement: An approach to improving the safety of vulnerable road users

Tehnika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 777-781
Author(s):  
Milenko Čabarkapa
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Death Toll ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Vulnerable Road Users

In the last ten years, there has been a stabilization of traffic fatalities on the roads of the world. At the same time, the death toll of persons in the armor of vehicles was reduced, and the death toll of persons outside the armor of vehicles-vulnerable road users continued to grow. The most endangered are motorcyclists, then pedestrians and finally cyclists, both in developed countries of the European Union and in underdeveloped and developing countries. Lagging behind in reducing the fatalities of vulnerable road users requires innovation in research and the creation and implementation of new road safety management policies. In this aspect, inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement can be a paradigm for the introduction and implementation of protection of vulnerable road users, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, through procedures to control road safety in the settlement, at all stages of the road life cycle: planning, design, construction and exploitation. The content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement should include all areas of activity and all elements of the roads of the settlement, the improvement of which can raise the level of traffic safety of all users, so that the roads of the settlement are equally safe for all road users. At the same time, the risk of fatal traffic accidents on the roads of the settlement is indirectly exponentially related to the scope of the content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement.

scholarly journals Risks of road accidents in Irkutsk region

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-420
Author(s):  
Svetlana S. Timofeeva ◽  
◽  
Semen S. Timofeev ◽  
Aleksey А. Taskaev ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Irkutsk Region

The article deals with the issue of road safety. The aim is to analyze the accident rate on the roads of rkutsk region and assess the risk of road traffic accidents (RTA). The research is based on statistical data. A comparative analysis of the risks of road accidents and the risks of death of road users is carried out. The risk of death in accidents is higher in Slyudyanka district than in Irkutsk region, which is due to the complex route and mountainous areas. The damage caused by road traffic accidents is increasing every year.

scholarly journals Analysis of the effectiveness concerning initiatives for pedestrians’ safety on roads: a questionnaire survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 164-167
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Goniewicz ◽  
Patrycja Misztal-Okońska ◽  
Patryk Rzońca ◽  
Klaudia Lulek ◽  
Kamil Bednarz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Medical University

Abstract Introduction. One of the most important issues and challenges of public safety policy in highly developed countries is the problem of ensuring road safety, along with dealing with health and material losses resulted from accidents. Unfortunately, Poland, in comparison to other EU countries, has one of the worst statistics regarding accidents and mortality ratios, therefore it is essential to undertake long-term actions aimed at improving road safety, as well as educating drivers and pedestrians. Aim. The purpose of this study is to analyse the problem and to investigate whether traffic safety campaigns are effective, and if they reach young audience. Material and methods. The research was conducted in the first quarter of 2018 among the students of Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Lublin. The study method applied was a diagnostic survey, and the tool was an original questionnaire. The participation was voluntary and anonymous. The obtained results were the subject of later statistical analysis. As many as 153 young respondents aged between 18 and 25 were tested, out of whom 73.68% were women and 26.32% were men. Results. Over half of the surveyed (56.3%) declared walking as the main form of participation in traffic, and 25.9% of the surveyed used public transport. The most numerous group of the examined (34.21%) thought that the Polish roads were rather unsafe. As the reasons for the low safety on the Polish roads the respondents identified: bad condition of the roads (69.1%), drivers’ recklessness (67.1%), and maladjustment of the driving style to weather conditions (60.5%). All respondents have encountered campaigns concerning road safety, however not too often (56.58% less than once a month). The surveyed encountered these social campaigns on TV (88.2%), on the Internet (54.6%), and on billboards (23.7%). Conclusion. Promotional campaigns concerning road safety have a greater impact on women. In the examined group, around 67% of women changed their behaviour as a result of the campaigns, and only 42.5% of men. Social campaign which was best remembered, and had the biggest influence on the respondents (50.3%) was „Say STOP to reckless driver you love”.

Review of methods applied to research of road users behaviour on pedestrian crossings

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 431-439
Author(s):  
Anna Wytrykowska ◽  
Piotr Tomczuk
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Users

Increase in the interest of road safety and threats has influenced the promotion of research conducted in this area. When conducting the analysis of hazards in road traffic, special attention should be paid to the technical condition of the vehicle, the condition of the road infrastructure, the surroundings and the accessibility of the road and the behavior of road traffic participants. Road managers have the opportunity to influence the level of road safety directly, through the modernization and reconstruction of road infrastructure. In order to select effective solutions, it is necessary to conduct systematic research on the level of road traffic safety, accident rates and the effectiveness of implemented solutions. An example of the conducted research are the analysis of traffic participants' behavior. The paper presents an overview of the methods used to study the behavior of road users. One of the presented methods was developed and used as part of the Rector's Grant in 2017 by the Scientific Circle of Electrical Engineering in Transport Systems.

scholarly journals Road safety analysis for the section of A1 motorway passing the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
Jan Kempa ◽  
Grzegorz Bebyn
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Safety Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Road Traffic Safety

The article discusses the state of road traffic safety on the A1 motorway, on its section passing the territory of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The presented data concerns the years 2016 - 2017. As it is evidenced by statistical data prepared by Police, motorways are characterized by the highest level of accidents rates of fatalities and injuries from all types of public roads at present in Poland. Therefore, it is necessary to take effective actions to improve road safety on all motorways in Poland, including the A1 motorway passing the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The paper presents the generic structure of road accidents, the time of their occurrence and circumstances, conditions of the surface caused by weather, as well as the reasons road accidents occurs.

TOWARDS ROAD SAFETY AUDIT ON ROAD NETWORK OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Kaskiv ◽  
Andrii Vozniuk ◽  
Liudmyla Nahrebelna
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Network ◽  
The State ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Road Safety Audit ◽  
The Impact

The key role in the implementation of the state transport strategy is played by the development of transport infrastructure, the most important component of which is the road network. The compliance of highways with the requirements of modern traffic flows determines not only the efficiency of industry and agriculture, but also ensuring the proper standard of living of people and the state defense capability. Problems of efficient functioning of public roads, urban roads and streets of Ukraine are outlined. The main provisions for the road safety audit are outlined. Road safety audits are proven to be one of the most effective engineering tools that affect road safety. The main benefit of road safety audit is the detailed assessment of the road safety design solutions at all stages of design. The purpose of a road safety audit is to answer the following questions: - what road elements could pose a threat to road users: to what extent, to what road users and under what circumstances; - what opportunities exist to eliminate or reduce the impact of identified threats on traffic safety. The earlier an audit is carried out in the design and construction processes, the better and more useful the results are. Carrying out an audit in the early stages can help eliminate problems early and, as a consequence, minimize the time and cost of redesigning in the subsequent stages. In addition, it should be noted that conducting an audit leads to intensive negotiations between the auditors, the customer and the designer. Such negotiations are useful for raising awareness of all stakeholders, as well as for improving day-to-day work, design procedures and will be useful for updating building standards or norms. The questions of improvement of methods of calculation of safe speed of movement, development of algorithms of multivariate analysis of conditions of movement, identification of potentially dangerous sites and identification of causes of danger are considered. A mechanism is provided that can significantly accelerate such an audit, effectively utilize human, time and financial resources. Keywords: audit, algorithm, traffic safety, road, method, model, speed.

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