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Traffic injury prevention

Year: 2022
Articles in SafetyLit: 140

A comparison of daytime and nighttime pedestrian road-crossing behavior using an immersive virtual environment

A naturalistic study of passenger seating position, posture, and restraint use in second-row seats

A pilot analysis of crash severity of electric passenger cars in Spain (2016-2020) [conference abstract]

A rubberized impact absorbing pavement can reduce the head injury risk in vulnerable road users: a bicycle and a pedestrian accident case study

A study of self-reported personal cannabis use and state legal status and associations with engagement in and perceptions of cannabis-impaired driving [conference abstract]

A survey on knowledge and perceptions of advanced driver assistance systems in Massachusetts drivers [conference abstract]

Address inputting while driving: a comparison of four alternative text input methods on in-vehicle navigation displays usability and driver distraction

Addressing the association between driving with an expired vehicle inspection certificate and injury severity after a crash

Age targeted human body models indicate increased thoracic injury risk with aging

Age-based differences in the disability of spine injuries in pediatric and adult motor vehicle crash occupants

Alcohol-impaired driving enforcement priorities and strategies in a nationwide sample of U.S. law enforcement agencies

An analysis of the novice motorcyclist crashes in Taiwan

An empirical analysis of driver injury severities in work-zone and non-work-zone crashes involving single-vehicle large trucks

An exploratory study of pedestrian crossing speeds at midblock crossing in India using LiDAR

An investigation of elderly occupant injury risks based on anthropometric changes compared to young counterparts

Analysis and prediction models for operating speed of vehicles in expressway superlong tunnels based on geometric and traffic related parameters

Analysis of 6YO pediatric human body model kinematics and kinetics to determine submarining across naturalistic seating postures

Analysis of rear-end crash potential and driver contributing factors based on car-following driving simulation

Analysis of the factors influencing parents' support for child safety seat legislation in Nanjing

Analysis of the lack of restraint with and without belt pretensioning in 40.2 km/h rear impacts

Are state minimum jail laws associated with less frequent drunk-driving?

Assessment of in situ chest deflection of post mortem human subjects (PMHS) and personalized human body models (HBM) in nearside oblique impacts

Assessment of senior drivers' internal state in the event of simulated unexpected vehicle motion based on near-infrared spectroscopy

Association between on-road driving performance test and usual walking speed or sustainable attention in the elderly; preliminary survey

Basilar, skull and facial fractures in 2(nd) row occupants by crash type with a focus on side and rear impacts

Belt fit for children in vehicle seats with and without belt-positioning boosters

Binge drinking and alcohol-related symptoms may underlie patterns of dynamic brain oscillations of resource allocation during high-fidelity driving simulation [conference abstract]

Body mass index influence on lap belt position and abdominal injury in frontal motor vehicle crashes

Breadth of use of the Abbreviated Injury Scale in The National Trauma Data Bank bank

Bus passenger injury prevention: learning from onboard incidents

Can emergency avoidance behavior reduce injuries to electric two-wheeler riders in vehicle collisions?

Can the speed limit be used as a surrogate for the striking vehicle's travel speed or delta-V in police-reported rear-end crashes?

Car accidents and risky driving behaviors among young drivers from the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Cellphone-distracted crashes of novice teen drivers: understanding associations of contributing factors for crash severity levels and cellphone usage types

Cervical spine kinematics in unbraced and braced subjects during inverted freefalls [conference abstract]

Changes in speeding on Virginia roads during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Characteristics of crashes and injuries on delivery motorcycles: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics of suicide-related crashes and their potential interventions: a literature review

Characterization of subcutaneous pelvic adipose tissue morphology and composition at the plane of the ASIS: a retrospective study of living subjects [Conference Abstract]

Characterizing driver speeding behavior when using partial-automation in real-world driving

Child restraint headrest and belt routing design features and their association with child passenger behavior and restraint misuse

Child safety restraint patterns in Moldova

Chinese handwriting while driving: effects of handwritten box size on in-vehicle information systems usability and driver distraction

Collision versus loss-of-control motorcycle accidents: comparing injuries and outcomes

Comparative performance of rearward and forward-facing child restraint systems with common use errors: effect on crash injury risk for a 1-year-old occupant

Comparison of small female occupant model responses with experimental data in a reclined posture

Comparison of the mental representation of traffic signs in Ecuador: Regulatory signs and warning signs [conference abstract]

Comparisons of head injury risk prediction methods to field data in far-side impacts [conference abstract]

Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: evaluation using a community crash recording system

Consumer usability of flexible vs. rigid lower anchor hardware in infant child restraint system (CRS) installations

Crash characteristics and injury risk of adult car occupants in near-side impacts

Database selection matters: a case study in child restraint use and injury patterns using North Carolina motor vehicle traffic crash report and trauma registry data

Differences in frequency of occurrence, event characteristics, and pre-impact vehicle kinematics between crashes, near-crashes, and single vehicle conflicts in a large-scale naturalistic driving study

Distracted pedestrian behavior: an observational study of risk by situational environments

Distraction impairs drivers of all ages: a cross-sectional analysis of fatal crashes in the United States

Do ridesharing transportation services alleviate traffic crashes? A time series analysis

Does past offending behaviors catch up with you? A study examining the relationship between traffic offending history and fatal crash involvement

Effectiveness of emergency decision-making system for automated vehicle based on priori-knowledge of traffic crash damage [conference abstract]

Effects of muscle quantity and bone mineral density on injury and outcomes in older adult motor vehicle crash occupants

Effects of penetration rates on the application of in-vehicle traffic lights at unsignalized intersections

Evaluation of an education intervention for Australian health practitioners to support people with dementia with driving decisions: a pretest-posttest survey

Examining the role of trauma in alcohol interlock performance: a structural pathway analysis

Exploration of motorcyclists' red-light running and helmet use at signalized intersections in Ghana

Factors contributing to the severity of motorcycle rear-end crashes in Thailand

Factors influencing injury severity to belted drivers in car crashes in India

Fatalities in Swedish fire-related car crashes from a toxicologic perspective

Fetal deaths and maternal injury in motor-vehicle crashes using NASS-CDS and CISS field data

Forecasting time trends of fatal motor vehicle crashes in Iran using an ensemble learning algorithm

Gradient illumination scheme design at the highway intersection entrance considering driver's light adaption

Head excursion in fontal impacts is lower in high back booster seats than in forward facing child seats with internal harnesses designed for children up to 8 years of age

Head injury criteria assessment using head kinematics from crash tests and accident reconstructions

Hybrid III dummy lumbar spine responses under vertical impact loading [conference abstract]

Identification of contributing factors and hotspots of pedestrian-vehicle collisions in urban areas: an alternative hybrid method for small cities

Identifying community-level disparities in access to driver education and training: toward a definition of driver training deserts

Impact of rule-violating behaviors on the risk of bus drivers being at-fault in crashes

Implementation and calibration of active small female and average male human body models using low-speed frontal sled tests

Implementation of a road traffic crash injury surveillance tool in a trauma referral hospital in Kisumu City, Western Kenya: lessons learned from the pilot study

Improving identification of crash injuries: statewide integration of hospital discharge and crash report data

Improving protection system for wheelchair-seated occupants in vehicle side impacts

Improving the safety relevance of automatic emergency braking testing programs: an examination of common characteristics of police-reported rear-end crashes in the United States

Influence factors on injury severity of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes: a two-stage comparative analysis of urban and suburban areas in Beijing

Influence of cannabis use history on the impact of acute cannabis smoking on simulated driving performance during a distraction task

Influence of certification in the impact response of motorcycle helmets: a multicountry study [conference abstract]

Injury patterns in motor vehicle collision-pediatric pedestrian deaths

Interactions between rearward-facing child restraint systems and the front row seatback in frontal impact sled tests

Interdependence of driver and pedestrian behavior in naturalistic roadway negotiations

Investigating risk factors associated with pedestrian crash occurrence and injury severity in Texas

Investigating self-regulation in young adults who drug-drive

Investigating the severity of non-urban road traffic accidents in typical regions of Sichuan and Guizhou, China

Investigation of factors influencing submarining mitigation with child booster seats

Knee ligament injuries in U.S. pedestrian crashes

Loading rate effect on tradeoff of fractures from pelvis to lumbar spine under axial impact loading

Maintenance mechanisms of child restraint system use based on the health action process approach theory: evidence from China

Mechanism and severity of mobility scooter-related injuries

Mechanisms of cervical spine injury and coupling response with initial head rotated posture - implications for AIS coding [conference abstract]

Methodology for determining maximum injury potential for automated driving system evaluation [conference abstract]

Methodology to measure seat belt fit in relation to skeletal geometry using an upright open MRI [conference abstract]

Microscale pedestrian environment surrounding pedestrian injury sites in Washington state, 2015-2020

Mining groups of factors influencing bus/minibus crash severities on poor pavement condition roads considering different lighting status

Mitigating fuel tank syndrome pelvic injuries - is there potential for rider worn protectors?

Modeling driver's braking and steering behavior along horizontal curves of two-lane rural highways for ADAS applications

Modeling factors contributing to dockless e-scooter injury accidents in Austin, Texas

Modeling the temporal relationship between contributing factors and injury severities in rural single-vehicle alcohol-impaired driving crashes: Insights from random parameters logit models in the means and variances

Motorcycle antilock braking systems and fatal crash rates: updated results

Motorcycle curve assist: a novel approach based on active speed control for crash injury reduction

Multilevel analysis of injury severity of elderly motorcycle riders: the role of regional transport development

Multisectoral action coalitions for road safety in Brazil: an organizational social network analysis in São Paulo and Fortaleza

Observed relationships between driver and passenger restraint use in the front and rear seats

On the evaluation of visual nudges to promote safe cycling: can we encourage lower speeds at intersections?

Pediatric electric scooter injuries in the UK: case series and review of literature

Perceptions matter: speeding behavior varies as a function of increasing perceived exposure to content encouraging the behavior

Performance of a novel head neck support system in nearside and farside impacts [conference abstract]

Postural analysis of side impact WorldSID 50(th) ATD in highly reclined seats

Pre-frailty associated with traffic crashes in Japanese community-dwelling older drivers

Profiling fatal and serious injury crashes in South Australia according to the Swedish transport administration model

Proximity to fatal accidents predicts police citation rates on urban and rural roads

Quasi-static methods to evaluate seat strength in rear impacts

Regional strain response of an anatomically accurate nonhuman primate finite element brain model under frontal impact [conference abstract]

Reliability analysis of motorcycle crash severity outcomes: consideration of model selection uncertainty

Repositioning forward-leaning vehicle occupants with a pre-pretensioner belt and a startle-based warning in pre-crash scenarios

Restraint use characteristics among crash-involved child passengers: identifying opportunities to enhance optimal restraint use

Road traffic accidents in Italy during COVID-19

Road traffic injuries and substance use in Latin America: a systematic review

Sensitivity to dose or blood levels of alprazolam in predicting driving impairment [conference abstract]

Serious-to-fatal injury to second-row occupants in rear impacts using 1994-2020 field data

Shedding light on the pedestrian safety crisis: an analysis across the injury severity spectrum by lighting condition

Significance of tractor-trailer impacts to the rear of light vehicles

Size and age of fatal drivers by crash type, vehicle type and gender

Spatial analysis of acute road traffic injuries in Kenya to address regional and economic disparities through targeted injury prevention initiatives [conference abstract]

Speeding behavior while using adaptive cruise control and lane centering in free flow traffic

Study on the influence of seating orientation during frontal impacts by child occupant human body model response analysis

The association between data collected in IIHS side crash tests and real-world driver death risk

The driver's instantaneous situation awareness when the alarm rings during the take-over of vehicle control in automated driving

The effect of a moderately reclined seat-back angle on the kinematics of the Large-Omnidirectional Child Anthropomorphic Test Device with and without a belt-positioning booster in frontal crashes

The effect of seatback deformation on out-of-position front-seat occupants in severe rear impacts

The impact of different AR-HUD virtual warning interfaces on the takeover performance and visual characteristics of autonomous vehicles

The incidence burden of unreported pedestrian crashes in Illinois

The response of Military Lower Extremity and Hybrid III leg using the Hybrid III and EuroSID-2 ATD in vertical loading impacts

Understanding the growing role of driving anger in the risk of traffic incidents involving Vietnamese motorcyclists

Using training to improve drivers' knowledge and understanding of advanced driver assistance systems--an experimental study [conference abstract]