Investigation of accident scenarios between pedestrians and city buses in Thailand.

Autor: Lakkam, S., Koetniyom, S.
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Zdroj: International Journal of Automotive & Mechanical Engineering; Jul-Dec2015, Vol. 12, p3076-3088, 13p
Abstrakt: An accident between pedestrians and city buses is one cause of severe casualties in Thailand. To discover the causes of the city bus collisions with pedestrians, 22 accident cases which occurred in Bangkok and suburban areas from January 2012 to July 2013 were reconstructed and investigated. In this study, the impact speeds were estimated by data correction at the incident scene using the kinematic measurement device. Besides, these collision cases were categorized by the difference between low- and high-located windshield types with regards to the behavior and body region of pedestrian injuries. Moreover, it was discovered that pedestrian injuries were more severe at impact speeds of approximately at 20 to 50 km/h. However, the 90th percentile impact speed was not over 30 km/h. Moreover, there were 7 cases among 21 collisions (33%) in the early afternoon time (12.01am - 3.29pm) of driving period, which was almost the end of the morning shift. That was probably the result of long durations of driving, a condition which is a significant cause of fatigue-related accidents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index