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Advances in  Automobile Engineering

Advances in Automobile Engineering
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ISSN: 2167-7670

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Accidents involving pedestrians walking along with/against traffic: An evaluation of crash characteristics and injuries


International Conference and Exhibition on Automobile Engineering

September 01-02, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Chih-Wei Paia and Rong-Chang Joub

aTaipei Medical University, Taiwan bNational Chi Nan University, Taiwan

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Adv Automob Eng

Abstract :

Using A1 A2 police-reported accident data for the years 2003-2010 in Taiwan, the paper examines anatomic injuries and crash characteristics specific to pedestrians in â�?�?facing trafficâ�? and â�?�?back to trafficâ�? crashes. There were 2768 and 7558 accidents involving pedestrians walking along with/against traffic respectively. Injuries sustained by pedestrians and crash characteristics in these two crash types were compared with those in other crash types (nearside crash, nearside dart-out crash, offside crash, offside dart-out crash). Main findings include that â�?�?back to trafficâ�? crashes resulted in more severe injuries and pedestrians in â�?�?back to trafficâ�? crashes had increased head, neck and spine injuries than those in other crash types and there was an elevated risk of head injuries in unlit darkness and NBU (non built-up) roadways. Several crash features (e.g., unlit darkness, overtaking maneuvers, phone use by pedestrians and drivers, intoxicated drivers) appear to be over-involved in â�?�?back to trafficâ�? crashes. The implications of the research findings regarding pedestrian/driver education, enforcement and remedial engineering design are discussed.

Biography :

Chih-Wei Pai completed his Master in Transport Management from University, England during 1999-2001. Then he proceeded in the field of transport management as a PhD scholar in Edinburgh Napier University UK, which he completed in 2005. He was associated with Kainan University as an Assistant Professor from 2010- 2012. Currently he is working as an Assistant Professor at Taipei Medical University.

Email: cpai@tmu.edu.tw rcjou@ncnu.edu.tw

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