Environmental factors affecting the frequency of road traffic accidents: a case study of sub-urban area of Pakistan

HM Hammad, M Ashraf, F Abbas, HF Bakhat… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are among the life-threatening issues facing rural as well as
sub-/urban communities. Several factors contribute to RTAs ranging from human to technical …

Mutual anticipation can contribute to self-organization in human crowds

H Murakami, C Feliciani, Y Nishiyama, K Nishinari - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
Human crowds provide paradigmatic examples of collective behavior emerging through self-
organization. Understanding their dynamics is crucial to help manage mass events and daily …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating the nature of distractive driving factors towards road traffic accident

K Khan, SB Zaidi, A Ali - Civil Engineering Journal, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
For past two decades many researchers have been working on quantitative as well as
qualitative study of distractive driving using different approaches. Road traffic accidents have …

Influence of visual environments on struck-by hazards for construction equipment operators through virtual eye-tracking

J Hong, S Song, H Kang, J Choi, T Hong… - Automation in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper analyzed how different visual environments (ie, normal, glare, dark, and dusty
environments) affect construction equipment operators' struck-by hazards. To achieve this …

A novel method for predicting and mapping the occurrence of sun glare using Google Street View

X Li, BY Cai, W Qiu, J Zhao, C Ratti - Transportation research part C …, 2019 - Elsevier
The sun glare is one of the major environmental hazards that cause traffic accidents. Every
year many traffic accidents are caused by sun glare in the United States. Providing accurate …

[HTML][HTML] A dynamic approach to predict travel time in real time using data driven techniques and comprehensive data sources

H Taghipour, AB Parsa, AK Mohammadian - Transportation Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Having access to accurate travel time is of great importance for both highway network users
and traffic engineers. The travel time which is currently reported on highways is usually …

Sun glare and road safety: An empirical investigation of intersection crashes

S Mitra - Safety science, 2014 - Elsevier
There is considerable research on adverse weather events such as fog, rainfall and snowfall
on traffic operations and safety, since these environmental conditions either affect visibility or …

Night-time and daytime operating speed distribution in urban arterials

M Bassani, L Catani, C Cirillo, G Mutani - Transportation research part F …, 2016 - Elsevier
Operating speeds on roads are influenced by lighting conditions: indeed most of the driving
tasks are influenced by visual information. In terms of supporting evidence, there is a …

An empirical investigation of disability glare and visibility level during driving inside very long road tunnels: a case study

A Mehri, M Aliabadi, R Golmohammadi… - … and Underground Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Disability glare from lighting systems is considered to be one of the main causes
of accidents in road tunnels. The present study aimed to investigate the estimated method of …

Investigating the probability of potential actions performed by drivers experiencing daytime sun glare-induced blindness

M Koloushani, MB Kaya, A Karaer… - Transportation …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been extensive visual-disability-focused safety research resulting from various
factors/conditions that have a significant impact on a driver's ability to maneuver safely. One …