Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement on Rural Roads
Author: C. N. KloedenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement
Author: Preventing Teen Motor Crashes
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309179939
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
From a public health perspective, motor vehicle crashes are among the most serious problems facing teenagers. Even after more than six months of being licensed to drive alone, teens are two to three times more likely to be in a fatal crash than are the more experienced drivers. Crash rates are significantly higher for male drivers, and young people in the United States are at greater risk of dying or being injured in an automobile than their peers around the world. In fact, in 2003 motor vehicle crashes was the leading cause of death for youth ages 16-20 in the United States. Understanding how and why teen motor vehicle crashes happen is key to developing countermeasures to reduce their number. Applying this understanding to the development of prevention strategies holds significant promise for improving safety but many of these efforts are thwarted by a lack of evidence as to which prevention strategies are most effective. Preventing Teen Motor Crashes presents data from a multidisciplinary group that shared information on emerging technology for studying, monitoring, and controlling driving behavior. The book provides an overview of the factual information that was presented, as well as the insights that emerged about the role researchers can play in reducing and preventing teen motor crashes.
Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309392527
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers' health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.
National Automotive Sampling System, Crashworthiness Data System
Author: Literature Review on Vehicle Travel Speeds and Pedestrian Injuries
Author: W. A. LeafManaging Speed
Author: Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309065023
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
TRB Special Report 254 - Managing Speed: Review of Current Practices for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits reviews practices for setting and enforcing speed limits on all types of roads and provides guidance to state and local governments on appropriate methods of setting speed limits and related enforcement strategies. Following an executive summary, the report is presented in six chapters and five appendices.
Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Author: Speed Management
Author: European Conference of Ministers of TransportPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9282103781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Speeding is the number one road safety problem in a large number of OECD/ECMT countries. It is responsible for around one third of the current, unacceptably high levels of road fatalities. Speeding has an impact not only on accidents but also on the ...
Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport
Author: Ian Ronald JohnstonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482208261
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The book explodes the myths that currently drive society's view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach and offers preventive medicine principles to take the field forward.