scholarly journals Controls at the starting point for preventing accidents in the road transport of dangerous products / Controles no ponto de partida para prevenção de acidentes no transporte rodoviário de produtos perigosos

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 35560-35574
Author(s):  
Ana Beatriz Paes Barretto Cabral ◽  
Marcelo Roberto Ventura Dias de Mattos Bezerra ◽  
Jean Marcel de Faria Novo
Keyword(s):  
Road Transport ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Tank Truck ◽  
The Road ◽  
Normative Knowledge ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Prevention Model ◽  
Haddon Matrix

This article discusses activities related to the prevention of road accidents with dangerous products that precede trips by tank truck drivers. The Brazilian normative framework (laws, decrees, and norms), the Haddon Matrix as a systemic prevention model, and the premises of the Olho Vivo nas Estradas Program of the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association constitute the conceptual bases of the research. The empirical approach consists of semi-structured interviews with drivers of a fuel distributor who travel along the BR-116. The results indicate that the company has training practices and disclosure of recent accidents. The workgroup dominates the normative knowledge and preventive procedures, being the main concern of the interviewees with the carelessness practiced by drivers who travel the roads in all types of vehicles (trucks, automobiles, motorcycles).

scholarly journals Improving road safety in small towns based on a systematic approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 341 ◽  
pp. 00028
Author(s):  
Irina Makarova ◽  
Gulnara Yakupova ◽  
Eduard Mukhametdinov
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Road ◽  
Preliminary Identification ◽  
Priority Task ◽  
The City ◽  
Haddon Matrix

Currently improving road safety is the priority task in the field of transport management. In our opinion, making management decisions to reduce the road accidents number and injuries rate should be based on a systematic approach to identifying the accidents’ causes and severity. This can be achieved using, among other things, the analysis of statistical data on violations and accidents in dynamics. A model so-called the Haddon Matrix was used as a method of preliminary identification of influencing factors and possible measures for their elimination. The statistical analysis results are presented a particular settlement. It was revealed that the city specifics, namely the residents’ number, motorization rate and the road network and infrastructure characteristics, are reflected in the factors affecting the level of accidents rate and, as a consequence, on the measures necessary to reduce it.

scholarly journals Modeling the Complexity of Road Accidents Prevention

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-41
Author(s):  
Alex Kizito ◽  
Agnes Rwashana Semwanga
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
The Road ◽  
Dynamic Synthesis ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Synthesis Methodology

Simplistic representations of traffic safety disregard the dynamic interactions between the components of the road transport system (RTS). The resultant road accident (RA) preventive measures are consequently focused almost solely on individual/team failures at the sharp end of the RTS (mainly the road users). The RTS is complex and therefore cannot be easily understood by studying the system parts in isolation. The study modeled the occurrence of road accidents in Uganda using the dynamic synthesis methodology (DSM). This article presents the work done in the first three stages of the DSM. Data was collected from various stakeholders including road users, traffic police officers, road users, and road constructors. The study focused on RA prevention by considering the linear and non-linear interactions of the variables during the pre-crash phase. Qualitative models were developed and from these, key leverage points that could possibly lower the road accident incidences demonstrating the need for a shared system wide responsibility for road safety at all levels are suggested.

scholarly journals State evaluation of road transport safety of dangerous goods in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Rafał Kopczewski ◽  
Gabriel Nowacki
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Services ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
State Evaluation ◽  
Transport Safety ◽  
Transport Of Dangerous Goods

The article presents problems and threats related to the transport of dangerous goods. The statistical data of breakdowns and road accidents involving dangerous goods were concluded. The article describes the results of own research related to the transport of dangerous goods. Finally, the structure of the road transport safety system for dangerous goods was proposed, which will reduce the risk of dangerous incidents and improve the operation of emergency services.

scholarly journals System Approach in Road Safety Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Andrzej Szymanek
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
Emergent Feature ◽  
Safety Studies ◽  
Transport Safety

The road safety management methodology should be based on a system approach. This means that the road transport must be formalized as a complex system (CS), and then safety can be interpreted as an emergent feature of such a system. Road accidents should be interpreted as "organizational accidents". They should be studied using concepts such as "normal accident theory" (NAT) and "highly reliable organization" (HRO). The main purpose of the article is to show the usefulness of these concepts for the road safety and risk management, especially in Polish conditions. The system approach to road safety research (and transport safety) will allow for the better safety results.

scholarly journals Prioritization of Black Spots in Hilly Road Segment using Road Engineering Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 4418-4422
Keyword(s):  
Black Spot ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Road Engineering ◽  
The Road ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Accident Data ◽  
On The Road

Road accidents are one of the causes of disability, injury and death. As per the latest road accident data released by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), the total number of accidents increased by 2.5 percent from 4,89,400 in 2014 to 5,01,423 in 2015. The analysis reveals that about 1,374 accidents and 400 deaths take place every day. Every single year, it has been estimated that over three lakh persons die and 10-15 million persons are injured in road accidents throughout the world. According to the analyses, statistics of global accident indicate that in developing countries, the rate of fatality per licensed vehicle is very high as compared to that of industrialized countries. A road stretch of about 500 metres in length in which either ten fatalities or five road accidents (involving grievous injuries/fatalities) took place during last three calendar years, on National Highways is considered as a road accident black spot according to MoRTH, Government of India. In the present study the identified black spots of Haridwar and Dehradun city were included comprising of a total of 81 black spots out of which there were 49 black spots which were identified in Dehradun followed by 32 black spots in Haridwar. The present study was an attempt to carry out the prioritization of these identified blackspots with respect to the factors that were considered to evaluate accident prone locations on the road. The identified black spots were then prioritized using the classification scheme (ranking from low to high).The study reveals that the advantage of using this approach for prioritizing accident black spots on roads is that it requires very less additional data other than the road network maps.

APPLYING QUALITY TOOLS TO IDENTIFY CAUSES OF INCIDENTS IN THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
В.И. Шкробова ◽  
И.О. Загорский
Keyword(s):  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
The Road ◽  
Transport Unit ◽  
Transportation Process ◽  
Transport Industry ◽  
Quality Tools ◽  
Traffic Rules

В статье рассматриваются управленческие решения, следуя которым работники транспортных предприятий могут детально понять природу возникновения дорожно-транспортных происшествий и нарушений правил дорожного движения. Обращено внимание на инструменты качества, сделан акцент на их прикладном применении в целях улучшения процесса управления перевозками и минимизации аварийности. Демонстрируется применение инструментов качества как одного из методов анализа функционирования любого транспортного подразделения. The article discusses management decisions, following which workers of transport enterprises can understand in detail the nature of the occurrence of road accidents and violations of traffic rules. Attention is paid to quality tools, emphasis is placed on their applied application to improve the controllability of the transportation process and minimize accidents. Demonstrates the use of quality tools as one of the methods for analyzing the functioning of any transport unit.

scholarly journals Accident Severity in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12s3) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
The Other ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
The Road ◽  
Accident Severity

Among all the transportation services available, road transport is one of the most important services available. It acts as a feeder for the other services. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the road transport amounts to the traffic of about 87% related to the passenger and 60% related to the freight. Now, there is another field, where road transport is among the top list and that field is of road accidents. In 2016, about 150785 people died in road accidents. And as the population is increasing, there is also an increase in the rate of road accidents. So, it is vital to analyze the data of road accidents for future predictions and thereby developing proper measures for this increasing rate. Many factorsresult in accidents and many cases might not have been recorded. So, the available data may not be consistent, but the data is gathered mainly from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and then the information was extracted from that data. This information is used for the statistical analysis for the prediction of a future road accident or accident severity.

scholarly journals Brainy Road Accident Mitigation System

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VIII) ◽  
pp. 249-251
Author(s):  
Dr. B. M. Vidyavathi
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Road Crashes ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Crash ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The City

Many precious lives are lost due to road accidents because of over speeding and negligent driving every day. This is the matter of great concern for departments that deal with road safety and for the citizens. It is estimated that 80% of crashes and 65% of near collisions are due to driver’s lack of attention to traffic for three seconds before the event. The number of road crash deaths has increased by 31% from 2007 to 2017. As per the survey on the road accidents in India, according to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 1, 50,785 people were killed and another 4, 94,624 were injured in 4, 80,652 road crashes in India in 2016. Now day’s accidents are taking place at large scale. Majority of the accidents occurs due to the over speeding of vehicles, though there are speed limiting boards placed at the roadside of highways also at the road side in the city. But none of vehicles (drivers) follows the speed mentioned in the speed limit boards, due to which accidents occurs.

scholarly journals Speed factor in the road safety system

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
E. V. Golov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Road ◽  
Speed Factor

The article examines various factors affecting the accident rate in road transport and studies in detail the consequences of exceeding the established speed limit. Based on the statistics of road accidents and calculations made, the level and severity of the consequences caused by the violation of the speed limit by the driver is established.

scholarly journals Adhesion of car tires to the road surface during reconstruction of road accidents

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 03022
Author(s):  
Stanislav Evtukov ◽  
Egor Golov
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Surface ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Use Values ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Impact

Road and weather conditions have a significant impact on the occurrence of road accidents and their development as events. According to these circumstances, the system “Driver – Car – Road – Environment” identifies certain types of expertise that are engaged in determining the presence and magnitude of the parameters of the road environment that affect the development of the road transport situation. When conducting relevant investigations, the experts calculate the speed and length of the stopping distance of the vehicle, using coefficients that determine the impact of road conditions on the road traffic situation under study. One of these important indicators is the coefficient of adhesion of car tires to the road surface. Due to the lack of technical capability to experimentally determine the coefficient of adhesion at the place of an accident, many experts are forced to use values from the reference literature. This study is devoted to checking the agreement of reference values of this indicator with actual values that correspond to the conditions of driving on Russian roads. To solve this problem, full-scale measurements were made of the coefficient of adhesion of tires with a coating on more than 2000 km of roads in different regions of Russia (with different climatic and topographic conditions) and the results of field research were analyzed.

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