Geographical Information System (GIS) technology has been a popular tool for visualization of accident data and analysis of hot spots in highways. Many traffic agencies have been using GIS for accident analysis. Accident analysis studies aim at the identification of high rate accident locations and safety deficient areas on the highways. (more…)
This study summarizes evidence from empirical studies on the effects of electronic stability control (ESC) on accidents in a meta-analysis. Large reductions of single vehicle accidents have been found (?49%; 95% confidence interval: [?55%; ?42%]), and smaller but still significant reductions of head-on collisions (?13%; 95% confidence interval: [?17%; ?8%]). Multi-vehicle fatal accidents are also significantly reduced (?32%; 95% confidence interval: [?43%; ?20%]). (more…)
Between 1995 and 2004, 293 passenger car occupants died in collisions with other vehicles in northern Sweden (annual incidence: 3.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, 6.9 per 100,000 cars, or 4.8 per 109 km driven); half of these deaths involved heavy vehicles. (more…)
