Coronavirus disease 2019: What could be the effects on Road safety?

E Vingilis, D Beirness, P Boase, P Byrne… - Accident Analysis & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a world-wide
pandemic. Countries introduced public health measures to contain and reduce its spread …

The relationship between impact speed and the probability of pedestrian fatality during a vehicle-pedestrian crash: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Q Hussain, H Feng, R Grzebieta, T Brijs… - Accident Analysis & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Pedestrians struck in motorised vehicle crashes constitute the largest group of
traffic fatalities worldwide. Excessive speed is the primary contributory factor in such …

Effects of safety measures on driver's speed behavior at pedestrian crossings

F Bella, M Silvestri - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reports the results of a multi-factorial experiment that was aimed at the
following:(a) analyzing driver's speed behavior while approaching zebra crossings under …

[HTML][HTML] Is 30 km/ha 'safe'speed? Injury severity of pedestrians struck by a vehicle and the relation to travel speed and age

HRG Kröyer - IATSS research, 2015 - Elsevier
This study uses Swedish accident data for the years 2004–2008 to analyze the relationship
between injury severity for pedestrians struck by a vehicle and the speed environment at …

Multilevel models for evaluating the risk of pedestrian–motor vehicle collisions at intersections and mid-blocks

DA Quistberg, EJ Howard, BE Ebel, AV Moudon… - Accident Analysis & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Walking is a popular form of physical activity associated with clear health benefits.
Promoting safe walking for pedestrians requires evaluating the risk of pedestrian–motor …

Evasive actions to prevent pedestrian collisions in varying space/time contexts in diverse urban and non-urban areas

A Sheykhfard, F Haghighi, S Das, G Fountas - Accident Analysis & …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to identify driver-safe evasive actions associated with pedestrian crash risk
in diverse urban and non-urban areas. The research focuses on the integration of …

Motorcyclist injury risk as a function of real-life crash speed and other contributing factors

C Ding, M Rizzi, J Strandroth, U Sander… - Accident Analysis & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vision Zero approach advocates for a road transport system designed with
human injury tolerance and human fallibility as its basis. While biomechanical limits and the …

Effects of median refuge island and flashing vertical sign on conspicuity and safety of unsignalized crosswalks

V Vignali, F Cuppi, E Acerra, A Bichicchi… - … research part F: traffic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pedestrian crossings are critical points in terms of road safety because they tend to be
characterized by high accident rates. Pedestrian safety at zebra crossings depends mainly …

Pedestrian fatality and impact speed squared: Cloglog modeling from French national data

JL Martin, D Wu - Traffic injury prevention, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The present study estimates pedestrians' risk of death according to impact speed
when hit by a passenger car in a frontal collision. Methods: Data were coded for all fatal …

Road sign vision and driver behaviour in work zones

V Vignali, A Bichicchi, A Simone, C Lantieri… - … research part F: traffic …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of roadwork signs on drivers' safety is a poorly investigated topic. The
present study examined visual fixations of 29 participants to work zone signs, while driving …