Traffic accidents are significant general well-being concerns, bringing a large number of
deaths and injuries around the globe. To improve driving safety, the examination of traffic …

With increasing numbers of crashes and injuries, understanding traffic accident spatial
patterns and identifying blackspots is critical to improve overall road safety. This study aims …

Previous studies have analyzed the relationship between vehicle safety ratings from impact
tests and actual crash injury severity. Nevertheless, no study has investigated the …

Ergonomic analysis of the driving environment is very essential for enhancing productivity
and reducing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of drivers. The proposed driver distraction …

Hospitals, which play an important role in reducing injuries and casualties, must be
prepared for a crowd of people in emergencies. The present study aimed to survey and …

Rural two-lane highways account for 76% in mileages of the total paved roads in the US. In
Kentucky, these roads represent 85% of the state-maintained mileages. Crashes on these …

This paper focuses on the issue of big data analytics for traffic accident prediction based on
SparkMllib cores; however, Spark's Machine Learning Pipelines provide a helpful and …

While the linkage between economic conditions and health indicators is largely discussed
previously, much less is known about how income inequality affects the infant mortality rates …

Speed is a major risk factor in overall road safety performance. The objective of this study
was to identify the most frequent explanatory variables and measures used to investigate the …

Roadway safety remains a critical issue due to the disproportionate number of crashes in
rural areas. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), from …