TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THIRTHY YEARS OF BIOMECHANICS RESEARCH: A PERSONAL ADVENTURE: "BERTIL ALDMAN AWARD" LECTURE

In the last three decades, the incidence of traffic crash fatalities and injuries has been reduced significantly in high-income countries but not in low and middle-income countries. The traffic patterns in the former are not only different but also less complex than those in the latter. Traffic in low-income countries comprises a much higher share of vulnerable road users and so vehicles, roads and the environment have to be designed for their safety. Solutions to such problems are not readily available, and very innovative work needs to be done around the world to arrive at new policies and designs. In addition to crashworthiness of vehicles, transportation planning, exposure control, intelligent separation of non-motorised traffic on major roads, and traffic calming are likely to play a much more important role. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E206514.

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  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

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• Authors:
  • Mohan, D
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2001 INTERNATIONAL IRCOBI CONFERENCE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACT, OCTOBER 10-12, 2001, ISLE OF MAN (UK)
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Conferences; Developing countries; Fatalities; Injuries; Safety; Statistics; Traffic
• ITRD Terms: 2060: Biomechanics; 8525: Conference; 150: Developing countries; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1665: Safety; 6555: Statistics; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00926990
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 2-9514210-2-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 8 2002 12:00AM