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Category Archives: Safety
The rapid increase of E-scooters translates into more accidents
E-scooters have shown to be a new popular mode of transport. VSO Consulting for the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration's research fund has investigated different aspects of e-scooters such as use and accident risk.
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Posted in Safety, Vehicles
Tagged accident risk, e-scooters, electric scooters
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Pedestrian slip-and-fall accidents and their prevention
According to a recent study by VTT, pedestrian slip-and-fall accidents occur frequently during winter causing substantial suffering and societal costs in Finland. Icy walking conditions, insufficient winter maintenance and inappropriate shoes often contribute to falls. Moreover, the consequences...
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Tagged accident, accident risk, pedestrians, slippery road, walking, winter conditions
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Wider roads can result in fewer accidents
Posted in Infrastructure, Safety
Tagged cross section, lane width, median, road safety, road width, roadside hazard, rural roads, shoulder width
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TRA VISIONS 2020
TRA VISIONS is a contest for young and senior researchers in the field of transport in Europe. It is organised every other year on behalf of the European Commission in connection with the Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference. VTI was a partner of the consortium that organised TRA VISIONS...
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Posted in Cycling, Economics, Energy and Fuel, Environment and Climate, Flight, Freight Transport, Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Infrastructure, Intelligent Transport Systems, Maintenance, Passenger Transport, Policy and Planning, Safety, Simulation, Traffic and Traffic Control, Vehicles
Tagged EU, European Commission, rail transport, TRA, TRA VISIONS, transport mode, Transport Research Arena
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Speed display signs reduce driving speed at pedestrian crossings on collector streets
A recent study evaluated speed display signs at pedestrian crossings in a low-speed (40 km/h) urban environment. Installing speed displays significantly reduced the mean speed, proportion of speeding vehicles, and approaching speed at pedestrian crossings. The speed displays were installed...
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Posted in Human Behaviour and Attitudes, Safety
Tagged behaviour, driver, driving speed, speed, speed display signs, traffic safety
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Feasibility, costs and benefits of retrofitting ADAS to improve road safety
In order to decrease road fatalities, the European Parliament has made several ADAS mandatory in new models from June 2022 onward. Through retrofitting, the uptake of these ADAS in the vehicle fleet could be improved. VTT and Ecorys have studied the feasibility, costs and benefits of retrofitting...
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Posted in Safety, Vehicles
Tagged accident prevention, ADAS, Advanced driver assistance system, traffic safety
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Collaboration with China underway and planned for India
VTI has a well-developed collaboration with other research environments in the EU and also a long tradition of spreading knowledge about traffic safety internationally, especially in countries where traffic safety is low. The Institute is now working in various ways to broaden its global...
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Posted in Safety, Simulation
Tagged autonomous vehicles, China, collaboration, India, international, public transport, traffic safety
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Innovative solutions to improve level crossing safety
The European project SAFER-LC identified innovative level crossing safety measures and piloted some of the most potential ones at eight pilot sites. The measures which were estimated to have the highest safety potential were ‘Additional lights on locomotive’ and ‘In-vehicle train and LC...
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Posted in Safety, Traffic and Traffic Control
Tagged accident prevention, level crossing, railway, safety, simulation
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E-scooters are making their way into the accident statistics
In Sweden the number of accidents involving e-scooters has increased from a few in 2017 to almost 500 in 2019 (January - October). This was also when electric scooters really made their entrance into Sweden's largest cities.
Since electric scooters, or e-scooters, are a fairly new phenomenon in...
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Posted in Cycling, Safety
Tagged accident rate, e-scooters, electric scooters, electric two-wheelers, injuries, statistics
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Near accidents between pedestrians and cyclists much more frequent than actual collisions
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland studied near accidents and collisions between pedestrians and cyclists. According to the results, near accidents occur considerably more often than actual collisions, and pedestrians and cyclists experienced a lower sense of safety in environments with...
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Posted in Cycling, Safety
Tagged cycling, cyclists, near accidents, pedestrians, safety
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