An Analysis of the Determinants of Elderly Pedestrian Fatal Crash

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Kwang Sik Yang ◽  
Sung Moon Kwon ◽  
Chi Won Youn
Keyword(s):  
Fatal Crash

scholarly journals The association of graduated driver licensing with miles driven and fatal crash rates per miles driven among adolescents

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (e1) ◽  
pp. e23-e27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motao Zhu ◽  
Peter Cummings ◽  
Songzhu Zhao ◽  
Jeffrey H Coben ◽  
Gordon S Smith
Keyword(s):  
Crash Rates ◽  
Fatal Crash ◽  
Graduated Driver Licensing ◽  
Driver Licensing

Understanding Fatal Crash Reporting Patterns in Bangladeshi Online Media using Text Mining

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110142
Author(s):  
Subasish Das
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Online News ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Traffic Fatalities ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
News Agency ◽  
Fatal Crash

Traffic crashes are a major public health concern. In 2016, traffic crashes resulted in over 1.35 million deaths worldwide. In Bangladesh alone, the number of reported traffic fatalities was 2,376 in 2016. However, the World Health Organization estimated that the true number of traffic fatalities in Bangladesh ranges between 20,730 and 29,177. Editorial traffic crash reports in Bangladesh, and the number of crashes that are reported, vary widely among different media outlets. This study employed a Google News Alert to collect fatal crash reports from online English daily newspapers. The current study compiled a database of 419 fatal crash-related reports over a six-month period (November 2018–April 2019). The reports contain a total of 81,019 words. The results of this study reveal that online news coverage of traffic fatalities tends to vary from news agency to news agency. Furthermore, these reports do not usually cover key contributing factors of crash occurrences; the geometric features of crash occurrence sites are rarely reported. The findings demonstrate the importance of deciphering media coverage to develop potential safety risk measures in Bangladesh. The current findings provide strong support for the need for guidelines to help media outlets adequately document fatal crash reports.

scholarly journals Role of Poverty in California Teenagers’ Fatal Traffic Crash Risk

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Males
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Motor Vehicle Crash ◽  
Motor Vehicle Crashes ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Vehicle Crashes ◽  
Fatal Crash ◽  
Adolescent Risk

Teenagers’ high rates of motor vehicle crashes, accounting for 40% of external deaths among 16-19 yearolds, have been ascribed largely to inherent “adolescent risk-taking” and developmental hazards. However, the fact that compared to adults 25 and older, teenagers are twice as likely to live in poverty and low-income areas, risk factors for many types of violent death, has not been assessed. This paper uses Fatality Analysis Reporting System data on 65,173 fatal motor vehicle crashes by drivers in California’s 35 most populous counties for 1994-2007 to analyze fatal crash involvements per 100 million miles driven by driver age, county, poverty status, and 15 other traffic safety-related variables. Fatal crash rates were substantially higher for every driver age group in poorer counties than in richer ones. Multivariate regression found socioeconomic factors, led by the low levels of licensing and high unemployment rates prevalent in low-income areas, were associated with nearly 60% of the variance in motor vehicle crash risks, compared to 3% associated with driver age. The strong association between fatal crash risk and poverty, especially for young drivers who are concentrated in high-poverty brackets and low-income areas, suggests that factors related to poorer environments constitute a major traffic safety risk requiring serious attention.

scholarly journals Fledgling space industry resolute after fatal crash

Nature ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 515 (7525) ◽  
pp. 15-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Witze
Keyword(s):  
Fatal Crash ◽  
Space Industry

scholarly journals Effects of environmental stressors on daily governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (35) ◽  
pp. 8710-8715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Obradovich ◽  
Dustin Tingley ◽  
Iyad Rahwan
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Fatal Crash ◽  
Future Warming ◽  
Vehicular Crashes ◽  
Government Workers

Human workers ensure the functioning of governments around the world. The efficacy of human workers, in turn, is linked to the climatic conditions they face. Here we show that the same weather that amplifies human health hazards also reduces street-level government workers’ oversight of these hazards. To do so, we employ US data from over 70 million regulatory police stops between 2000 and 2017, from over 500,000 fatal vehicular crashes between 2001 and 2015, and from nearly 13 million food safety violations across over 4 million inspections between 2012 and 2016. We find that cold and hot temperatures increase fatal crash risk and incidence of food safety violations while also decreasing police stops and food safety inspections. Added precipitation increases fatal crash risk while also decreasing police stops. We examine downscaled general circulation model output to highlight the possible day-to-day governance impacts of climate change by 2050 and 2099. Future warming may augment regulatory oversight during cooler seasons. During hotter seasons, however, warming may diminish regulatory oversight while simultaneously amplifying the hazards government workers are tasked with overseeing.

scholarly journals Comparing distance and time as driving exposure measures to evaluate fatal crash risk ratios

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 105576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sijun Shen ◽  
Marco H. Benedetti ◽  
Songzhu Zhao ◽  
Lai Wei ◽  
Motao Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Crash Risk ◽  
Fatal Crash ◽  
Risk Ratios

Fatal crash involvement by multiple-trailer trucks

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Forkenbrock ◽  
Paul F Hanley
Keyword(s):  
Fatal Crash

scholarly journals Precipitation and Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes: Continental Analysis with High-Resolution Radar Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (8) ◽  
pp. 1453-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott E. Stevens ◽  
Carl J. Schreck ◽  
Shubhayu Saha ◽  
Jesse E. Bell ◽  
Kenneth E. Kunkel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Motor Vehicle Crashes ◽  
Vehicle Crashes ◽  
Fatal Crash ◽  
Fatal Crashes ◽  
High Resolution Radar

AbstractMotor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of accidental death in the United States, and weather is frequently cited as a contributing factor in fatal crashes. Previous studies have investigated the link between these crashes and precipitation typically using station-based observations that, while providing a good estimate of the prevailing conditions on a given day or hour, often fail to capture the conditions present at the actual time and location of a crash. Using a multiyear, high-resolution radar reanalysis and information on 125,012 fatal crashes spanning the entire continental United States over a 6-yr period, we find that the overall risk of a fatal crash increases by approximately 34% during active precipitation. The risk is significant in all regions of the continental United States, and it is highest during the morning rush hour and during the winter months.

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