Transportation Safety and Crash Avoidance Research
A special issue of Safety (ISSN 2313-576X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: transportation safety; econometric and statistical modeling; crash frequency and severity analysis; real-time crash risk; emerging mobility technologies; behavioral transportation analysis; spatio-temporal modeling; big data methods in transportation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ensuring transportation safety and preventing crashes remain central priorities for both researchers and policymakers. With continued advances in vehicle technology, data availability, and analytical techniques, there is a growing opportunity to deepen our understanding of crash risk factors and explore innovative approaches to crash avoidance. This Special Issue, “Transportation Safety and Crash Avoidance Research”, invites contributions that examine how emerging methods, policies, and technologies can reduce crash occurrences and enhance safety across all modes of transportation.
We encourage submissions that integrate novel data sources including telematics, naturalistic driving studies, connected and automated vehicles, and crowdsourced near-miss reporting with advanced modeling frameworks such as econometrics, machine learning, and simulation. Papers addressing the safety of vulnerable road users, the impacts of new mobility technologies, and the real-world evaluations of crash avoidance interventions are particularly welcome. By combining methodological innovation with practical policy insights, this Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive view of current progress and future directions in transportation safety and crash avoidance.
Dr. Tanmoy Bhowmik
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- transportation safety
- crash avoidance
- driver behavior
- crash modeling
- traffic safety policy
- telematics
- connected and automated vehicles
- vulnerable road users
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