Author: Lydia Perry EdwardsPublisher:
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Category : Emergency medical services
Languages : en
Pages :
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An Analysis of Accident Fatality Rate on Rural Secondary Highways in South Carolina Compared to Response Time by Emergency Medical Services
Author: Lydia Perry EdwardsPublisher:
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Category : Emergency medical services
Languages : en
Pages :
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Fatal Crashes on Rural Secondary Highways
Author: David Bruce ClarkePublisher:
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Category : Rural roads
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Traffic crash statistics indicate that the eight southeastern states (Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky) consistently have higher numbers and rates of fatal motor vehicle crashes than the national averages. Under the auspices of the Federal Highway Administration, these southeastern states are conducting a pooled fund study to investigate the overrepresentation of crashes in the region. This study is being coordinated by the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), with universities in each of the other states serving in a supporting role. This report addresses South Carolina's portion of the study, as performed by a Clemson University research team. The principal objectives of this research were to obtain for the South Carolina Department of Transportation a set of data records for randomly selected fatal crashes on rural South Carolina two-lane roads, evaluate these data, and ascertain how the safety of these roads might be improved by specific crash countermeasures. A comprehensive data set was collected for 157 randomly selected fatal crashes.
Fatal and Injury Accident Rates on Federal-aid and Other Highway Systems
Author: United States. Federal Highway AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Crash injuries
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Fatal and Injury Accident Rates on Federal-aid and Other Highway Systems
Author: United States. Bureau of Public RoadsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Fact Book
Author: National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Highway Safety Performance ... Fatal and Injury Accident Rates on Public Roads in the United States
Author: Preliminary Analysis of the National Crash Severity Study
Author: United States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Traffic accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This study investigates the fatalities on the National Crash Severity Study (NCSS) of towaway, passenger car accidents. The analysis is in three stages. First, NCSS fatalities are compared to the fatally-injured occupants reported on the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS), as a tool for evaluating the representativeness of the NCSS data. Second, estimates of the probability of fatality for NCSS are computed for various conditions, such as the incidence of fire and the sex of the occupant. Third, in cases where two factors are highly correlated, such as is the case for rollover and ejection, modeling techniques are used to help quantify the effects of each variable. The results of this study suggest the following preliminary conclusions: (1) FARS and NCSS have similar distributions of many variables. These include urbanization, size of vehicles, type damage to vehicle, occupant seating location, sex, and restraint use. Differences resulting from the investigative methods and geographical areas of the two studies are identified and assessed. (2) On the NCSS file, many variables are associated with a much higher rate of fatality. These include (a) at the accident level: the number of vehicles involved, urbanization, and the incidence of fire or explosion; (b) at the vehicle level: the change of velocity at impact, the direction of the impacting force, and vehicle damage area; and (c) at the occupant level: seating position, age, sex, ejection, entrapment, and restraint use. (3) Rollover and ejection, which often occur together, are each independently associated with a higher rate of fatality. Of the two factors, ejection appears more related to a higher probability of fatality than does rollover alone. NCSS is the best currently-available source of accident data for analyzing injury-related factors. This report attempts to describe the accidents occurring in the NCSS sampling areas, and suggest ideas for further research.
Contrasting Rural and Urban Fatal Crashes, 1994-2003
Author: Michael William BurgessPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) for the period 1994 2003 were used to compare the characteristics of fatal rural and urban crashes. The study found that there are approximately 42 percent more fatal crashes in rural areas compared to urban areas; however there are fewer vehicle miles traveled in rural areas than urban areas. In addition, fatal rural crashes are more likely to involve multiple fatalities, rollovers, and more trucks. Fatal rural crashes more often occur on curved roadways and have greater vehicle damage. Head-on crashes are more prevalent in rural areas than in urban areas. Finally, the length of time for emergency medical services to arrive at the scene is longer in rural areas than in urban areas.
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Author: Brett Young