Safety in higher level automated vehicles: Investigating edge cases in crashes of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems

N Moradloo, I Mahdinia, AJ Khattak - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract With emerging Automated Driving Systems (ADS) representing Automated Vehicles
(AVs) of Level 3 or higher as classified by the Society of Automotive Engineers, several AV …

Crash harm before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence for spatial heterogeneity in Tennessee

AL Patwary, AJ Khattak - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2023 - Elsevier
Major concerns have been raised about road safety during the COVID-19 pandemic in the
US, as the crash fatalities have increased, despite the substantial reduction in traffic …

How yielding cameras affect consecutive pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at non-signalized crosswalks? A mixed bivariate generalized ordered approach

Z Zhang, H Li, H Hu, G Ren - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
Yielding cameras are considered to be an effective means of preventing drivers' non-
yielding behavior. Notably, as pedestrians' perceived risk and behavior change dynamically …

An improved YOLOv5 algorithm for vulnerable road user detection

W Yang, X Tang, K Jiang, Y Fu, X Zhang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The vulnerable road users (VRUs), being small and exhibiting random movements, increase
the difficulty of object detection of the autonomous emergency braking system for vulnerable …

A user perception based approach to derive policy intervention areas for enhancing walkability of cities: experience in Kerala, India

MF Cheranchery, MG Krishnan, AA Alfiya, PN VS… - Transport policy, 2024 - Elsevier
While walkable pedestrian infrastructure is essential for the sustainable growth of cities, the
prevailing facilities in emerging countries such as India are not suitable for pedestrians. A …

Understanding the role of faster emergency medical service response in the survival time of pedestrians

I Mahdinia, A Mohammadnazar, AJ Khattak - Accident Analysis & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fatalities and severe injuries among vulnerable road users, particularly pedestrians, are
rising. In addition to the loss of life, about 6,000 annual pedestrian deaths in the US cost …

Repositioning forward-leaning passengers by seatbelt pre-pretensioning

E Mishra, K Mroz, N Lubbe - Traffic injury prevention, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The study determined the seatbelt pre-pretensioner force needed and the time
required to reposition average male front-seat passengers from forward-leaning to upright …

A matched case–control approach to identify the risk factors of fatal pedestrian crashes on a six-lane rural highway in India

LS Bisht, G Tiwari - International journal of injury control and safety …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, the increase in pedestrian fatalities due to road traffic crashes (RTCs) on transport
networks has been a major concern. In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

ADOPT: A system for Alerting Drivers to Occluded Pedestrian Traffic

A Alali, S Olariu, S Jain - Vehicular Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent statistics reveal an alarming increase in accidents involving pedestrians (especially
children) crossing the street. A common philosophy of existing pedestrian detection …

Bridging the Gap: Development of frontal crash mode ATD Analogous human body models

S Mischo, W von Kleeck, D Pensado… - Accident Analysis & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropomorphic variation is an important factor in computational studies using Human
Body Models (HBMs), particularly regarding how such differences can influence observed …