On safety design of vehicle for protection of vulnerable road users: A review

X Lv, Z Xiao, J Fang, Q Li, F Lei, G Sun - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Fatal and serious injuries of vulnerable road users (VRU) occur frequently in the events of
vehicle impact. Front-end crashworthiness of vehicle can considerably affect VRU injuries in …

A comprehensive study on factors influencing pedestrian signal violation behaviour: Experience from Kolkata City, India

D Mukherjee, S Mitra - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
Signalized intersections with marked crosswalks enhance pedestrian safety by providing the
designated right of way to pedestrians. However, a significant number of pedestrian crashes …

Epidemiology of Orthopedic Fractures and Other Injuries among Inpatients Admitted due to Traffic Accidents: A 10‐Year Nationwide Survey in Taiwan

RH Pan, NT Chang, D Chu, KF Hsu… - The Scientific World …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the major injury patterns associated with traffic accidents and evaluate the risk
factors of the main injury, a survey of Taiwan's national insurance admission data between …

Source of head injury for pedestrians and pedal cyclists: Striking vehicle or road?

A Badea-Romero, J Lenard - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2013 - Elsevier
The potential effectiveness of vehicle-based secondary safety systems for the protection of
pedestrians and pedal cyclists is related to the proportion of cases where injury arises by …

Pedestrian injury analysis with consideration of the selectivity bias in linked police-hospital data

A Tarko, MS Azam - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of crash-related injuries by medical specialists in hospitals is believed to
be more exact than rather a cursory evaluation made at the crash scene. Safety analysts …

Serious road injuries in the Netherlands dissected

W Weijermars, N Bos, HL Stipdonk - Traffic injury prevention, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This article discusses the characteristics and injury patterns of serious road
injuries (Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale [MAIS] 2+ inpatients) in The Netherlands …

Health burden of road traffic accidents, an analysis of clinical data on disability and mortality exposure rates in Flanders and Brussels

S Dhondt, C Macharis, N Terryn… - Accident Analysis & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Statistics on road traffic accidents (RTAs) mainly come from police records. The police
reported RTA statistics however are known to have a large degree of under-registration …

Characteristics of pedestrian head injuries observed from real world collision data

G Li, F Wang, D Otte, C Simms - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019 - Elsevier
Head injury is one of the most common injury types in vehicle-to-pedestrian collisions, which
leads to death and long-term disabilities. However, detailed analysis of pedestrian head …

[PDF][PDF] Testing of bicycle helmets for preadolescents

C Klug, F Feist, E Tomasch - … Research Council on the Biomechanics of …, 2015 - ircobi.org
This study aims to provide guidelines for a helmet testing procedure especially designed for
preadolescents which also takes incorrect use (misuse) into consideration. Based on …

Injury biomechanics-based nondeterministic optimization of front-end structures for safety in pedestrian–vehicle impact

F Lei, X Lv, J Fang, T Pang, Q Li, G Sun - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Lower extremity is the most frequently injured body region in a pedestrian–vehicle impact.
To evaluate lower extremity injuries, both the Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor (FlexPLI) …