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  • Open Access
1 Citations
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2 April 2025

Bicycle safety remains a critical concern as cycling gains popularity, especially in urban areas where traffic conditions pose significant risks. The increasing presence of bicycles and derivatives of them further complicates traffic dynamics, raisin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,350 Views
18 Pages

8 December 2022

Shipping, as an important part of the global supply chain, has always been quite sensitive to maritime accidents. Fatality and injury are important metrics indicating an accident’s severity. Understanding the driving factors of fatality and inj...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,673 Views
19 Pages

In recent years, the outbreak of many school sports injury accidents aroused widespread public concern about liability determination of accident. Previous studies have examined the legal application of the liability principles from a law perspective,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,913 Views
11 Pages

Evaluation of Urban Traffic Accidents Based on Pedestrian Landing Injury Risks

  • Liangliang Shi,
  • Ming Liu,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Qingjiang Zhao,
  • Kuo Cheng,
  • Honghao Zhang and
  • Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard

14 June 2022

In comparison with vehicle-to-pedestrian collision, pedestrian-to-ground contact usually results in more unpredictable injuries (e.g., intracranial, neck, and abdominal injuries). Although there are many studies for different applications of such met...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,905 Views
12 Pages

The objective of this study is to find factors influencing the injury severity of vehicle at-fault accidents in Shenyang (China), and discuss the commonalities and differences between passenger and freight vehicle accidents. We analyzed 1647 traffic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,455 Views
10 Pages

Trends in Accidents Involving Healthcare Workers in the Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Periods: Injury Notifications from an Emergency Department

  • Claudia Cipollone,
  • Paola Guerriero,
  • Mario Muselli,
  • Riccardo Mastrantonio,
  • Giada Mastrangeli,
  • Stefano Filauri and
  • Leila Fabiani

1 August 2024

Occupational accidents are a serious public health issue. In this retrospective observational study, we examined all injuries involving healthcare workers of the Abruzzo Local Health Authority No. 1 (Italy) during the three years 2019–2021. Dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,829 Views
16 Pages

11 April 2022

School travel has been a significant source of safety concerns for children, parents, and public authorities. It will continue to be a source of concerns as long as severe accidents continue to emerge during pupils’ commute to school. This stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
128 Citations
7,471 Views
8 Pages

Characteristics and Injury Patterns in Electric-Scooter Related Accidents—A Prospective Two-Center Report from Germany

  • Philipp Störmann,
  • Alexander Klug,
  • Christoph Nau,
  • René D. Verboket,
  • Max Leiblein,
  • Daniel Müller,
  • Uwe Schweigkofler,
  • Reinhard Hoffmann,
  • Ingo Marzi and
  • Thomas Lustenberger

Since the introduction of rental E-scooters in Germany in mid-June 2019, the safety of this new means of transport has been the subject of extensive public debate. However, valid data on injuries and usage habits are not yet available. This retrospec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,588 Views
19 Pages

30 March 2022

Accidents involving heavy vehicles are of significant concern as it poses a higher risk of fatality to both heavy vehicle drivers and other road users. This study is carried out based on the heavy vehicle crash data of 2014, extracted from the MIROS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,059 Views
27 Pages

Vehicle accidents, particularly PV-PV collisions, result in significant property damage and driver injuries, causing substantial economic losses and health risks. Most existing studies focus on macro-level predictions, such as accident frequency, but...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,484 Views
16 Pages

14 December 2023

Energy-absorbing floor (EAF) has been proposed as one of several biomechanically effective strategies to mitigate the risk of fall-related injuries by decreasing peak loads and enhancing system energy absorption. This study aims to compare the protec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
7,899 Views
15 Pages

The Role of Autopsy in the Forensic and Clinical Evaluation of Head Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury in Road Traffic Accidents: A Review of the Literature

  • Matteo Antonio Sacco,
  • Maria Cristina Verrina,
  • Roberto Raffaele,
  • Saverio Gualtieri,
  • Alessandro Pasquale Tarallo,
  • Santo Gratteri and
  • Isabella Aquila

12 February 2025

Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, frequently resulting in traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), skull fractures, and spinal injuries. This manuscript examines the forensic aspects of head trauma caused...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
774 Views
10 Pages

The Burden of Road Traffic Accidents on Facial Fractures: National Trends, Injury Patterns, and Disparities in 154,185 Patients

  • Carol Y. Wang,
  • Daniel Y. Kwon,
  • Olachi Oleru,
  • Nargiz Seyidova,
  • Peter E. Shamamian,
  • Keisha E. Montalmant,
  • Alex Sarosi and
  • Peter J. Taub

Study Design: National database study. Objective: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a common and challenging cause of facial fractures in the United States. The present study sought to utilize the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,405 Views
5 Pages

Purpose: To investigate the occurrence and types of motor vehicle accident eye trauma in north Israel. Methods: The records between the years 2007–2011 of the Ophthalmology Emergency Room of one medical center were searched. Eye injuries due to motor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,915 Views
18 Pages

The current manuscript proposes a SN2−NEWMA control chart for monitoring road accidents and injuries using repetitive sampling. The proposed chart helps in identifying the shifts in accidents and injuries more quickly than existing charts. The applic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,498 Views
21 Pages

Accidents, Injuries, and Safety among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in Zimbabwe

  • Josephine Singo,
  • John Bosco Isunju,
  • Dingani Moyo,
  • Stephan Bose-O’Reilly,
  • Nadine Steckling-Muschack and
  • Antony Mamuse

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs 14–19 million people globally. There is limited research on accidents, injuries, and safety in Zimbabwe’s ASGM. This study investigates the prevalence of accidents and injuries, as well...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,118 Views
13 Pages

(1) Background: An analysis of work-related accidents in paramedics in Poland by presenting the model and trend of accidents, accident rates and by identifying causes and results of accidents; (2) Methods: A retrospective analysis of medical document...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,992 Views
12 Pages

30 August 2024

The number of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia (SA) has gradually increased, particularly in the construction industry, where migrant workers make up 89% of the workforce. Migrant workers frequently experience exposure to dangerous working conditions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,568 Views
17 Pages

Investigation on the Modeling and Reconstruction of Head Injury Accident Using ABAQUS/Explicit

  • Xingqiao Deng,
  • Zhifei Du,
  • Huiling Feng,
  • Shisong Wang,
  • Heng Luo and
  • Yucheng Liu

A process of modeling and reconstructing human head injuries involved in traffic crashes based on ABAQUS/Explicit is presented in this paper. A high-fidelity finite element (FE) model previously developed by the authors is employed to simulate a real...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,336 Views
10 Pages

Beyond the Slopes and Highways: Endovascular Repair of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injuries after Skiing versus Motor Vehicle Accidents

  • David Wippel,
  • Maximilian Lutz,
  • Michaela Kluckner,
  • Leonhard Gruber,
  • Alexander Loizides,
  • Jennifer Fischer,
  • Elke R. Gizewski,
  • Florian K. Enzmann and
  • Sabine Wipper

4 June 2024

Background: Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is a potentially fatal condition, typically resulting from high-velocity trauma. To date, little is known about this type of injury among skiers, who form the largest patient cohort with aortic injurie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
306 Views
7 Pages

Study Design: Retrospective Cohort Study. Objective: Yearly, bicycle and scooter accidents in the Netherlands amount to 90 thousand emergency department visits. Maxillofacial injuries are common after cycling or scooter accidents. To prevent these in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,027 Views
13 Pages

Impact of the First COVID Lockdown on Accident- and Injury-Related Pediatric Intensive Care Admissions in Germany—A Multicenter Study

  • Nora Bruns,
  • Lea Y. Willemsen,
  • Katharina Holtkamp,
  • Oliver Kamp,
  • Marcel Dudda,
  • Bernd Kowall,
  • Andreas Stang,
  • Florian Hey,
  • Judith Blankenburg and
  • Christian Dohna-Schwake
  • + 35 authors

Children’s and adolescents’ lives drastically changed during COVID lockdowns worldwide. To compare accident- and injury-related admissions to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) during the first German COVID lockdown with previous years...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,540 Views
13 Pages

25 October 2018

Vehicle occupants were killed in 33% of all traffic accidents in Japan in 2017. Of the vehicles in vehicle-to-vehicle accidents, 54% were impacted from the front. In frontal impact accidents, when the lap belt moves away from the iliac crests of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,693 Views
8 Pages

Comparison of Injury Patterns between Electric Bicycle, Bicycle and Motorcycle Accidents

  • Emilian Spörri,
  • Sascha Halvachizadeh,
  • Jamison G. Gamble,
  • Till Berk,
  • Florin Allemann,
  • Hans-Christoph Pape and
  • Thomas Rauer

29 July 2021

Background: Electric bicycles (E-bikes) are an increasingly popular means of transport, and have been designed for a higher speed comparable to that of small motorcycles. Accident statistics show that E-bikes are increasingly involved in traffic acci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,010 Views
16 Pages

A Research on Accident Reconstruction of Bus–Two-Wheeled Vehicle Based on Vehicle Damage and Human Head Injury

  • Shang Gao,
  • Mao Li,
  • Qian Wang,
  • Xianlong Jin,
  • Xinyi Hou,
  • Chuang Qin and
  • Shuangzhi Fu

The problem of large calculation models in bus–two-wheeled vehicle traffic accidents (TA) leads to the difficulty of balancing the calculation efficiency and accuracy, as well as difficulties in accident reconstruction. Herein, two typical acci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,399 Views
25 Pages

2 October 2025

This article presents a novel statistical approach for analyzing occupational accident data from the ESAW database, aiming to improve the evaluation and prediction of accident severity among specific groups of employees. The proposed method combines...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,945 Views
13 Pages

The healthcare industry in Japan has experienced many cases of work-related injuries, accidents, and workers’ compensation claims because of mental illness. This study examined the influence of supportive and ethical work environments on work-related...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
16,344 Views
14 Pages

4 May 2011

One strategy for examining effects of nutrients on cognitive function is to initially investigate foods that contain many different nutrients. If effects are demonstrated with these foods then further studies can address the role of specific nutrient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,415 Views
11 Pages

Though the overall incidence of occupational injuries and accidents has decreased, they continue to happen. Many associated factors are known and managing them with limited resources is difficult. This study evaluates related risk factors and priorit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,231 Views
15 Pages

10 September 2025

With declining physical functions, elderly pedestrians face a significantly higher risk of severe injuries and fatalities in traffic accidents. This study investigates the factors influencing injury severity among elderly pedestrians using traffic ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,208 Views
20 Pages

Pedestrians’ Injury Severity in Traffic Accidents in Spain: A Pedestrian Actions Approach

  • Juan Diego Febres,
  • Miguel Ángel Mariscal,
  • Sixto Herrera and
  • Susana García-Herrero

5 June 2021

Road traffic accidents are currently between the seventh and tenth leading cause of death in the world, with approximately 1.35 million people killed per year. Despite extensive efforts by governments, according to the World Health Organization, road...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,448 Views
12 Pages

Injury Biomechanics Evaluation of a Driver with Disabilities during a Road Accident—A Numerical Approach

  • Kamil Sybilski,
  • Fábio A. O. Fernandes,
  • Mariusz Ptak and
  • Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa

10 November 2022

Numerical methods are often a robust way to predict how external mechanical loads affect individual biological structures. Computational models of biological systems have been developed over the years, reaching high levels of detail, complexity, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,531 Views
10 Pages

Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a leading cause of traumatic head injury (THI) and are regarded as a public health problem in Saudi Arabia. This hospital-based retrospective study aims to provide data on the frequency, type, and distribution of RTA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,868 Views
39 Pages

6 October 2021

Traffic accidents, which continue to increase from year to year in Turkey and in the world, have become a huge problem that can result in serious traumas, injuries, and deaths, as well as their material and moral consequences. Many studies have been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,443 Views
16 Pages

The objective of this study was to identify influence factors on injury severity of traffic accidents and discuss the differences in urban functional zones in Beijing. A total of 3982 sets of accident data in Beijing were analyzed from the perspectiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,031 Views
16 Pages

Background and Objectives: PTSD and traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently co-occur in survivors of combat exposure, blasts, assaults, or motor vehicle accidents (MVAs), yet the impact of TBI on the psychotherapy outcomes for PTSD, especially in civ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,281 Views
9 Pages

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality for Road Traffic Accident-Related Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Chien-Hung Chen,
  • Yu-Wei Hsieh,
  • Jen-Fu Huang,
  • Chih-Po Hsu,
  • Chia-Ying Chung and
  • Chih-Chi Chen

9 December 2021

(1) Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the leading cause of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) and are associated with high mortality. Few studies have focused on RTA-related pediatric TBI. We conducted this study to analyze the clinic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,612 Views
11 Pages

Cyclist Injuries from Tram Track Incidents: A Retrospective 10-Year Analysis

  • Friedemann Schneider,
  • Peter Kaiser,
  • Anna Sophia Kuhl,
  • Lukas Dankl,
  • Armin Runer and
  • Rohit Arora

30 October 2023

Trams are widely used for urban public transportation. The aim of this study was to identify the total number of accidents and common injury patterns of tram-system-related cycling injuries. All patients attending the traumatology emergency departmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,222 Views
10 Pages

Assessing Factors Associated with Non-Fatal Injuries from Road Traffic Accidents among Malaysian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the PURE Malaysia Study

  • Zaleha Md Isa,
  • Noor Hassim Ismail,
  • Rosnah Ismail,
  • Azmi Mohd Tamil,
  • Mohd Hasni Ja’afar,
  • Nafiza Mat Nasir,
  • Maizatullifah Miskan,
  • Najihah Zainol Abidin,
  • Nurul Hafiza Ab Razak and
  • Khairul Hazdi Yusof

Non-fatal injuries (NFIs) due to road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a public health problem worldwide that significantly impacts the population morbidity and healthcare costs. As the demands for vehicles in developing countries, such as Malaysia, is i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,784 Views
11 Pages

26 October 2022

Injury prevention programs for children and adolescents need to be immersive and interactive. This study assessed a bicycle injury prevention program using technology-based education based on the Activated Health Education model and evaluated its eff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,784 Views
24 Pages

Trends in Catastrophic Occupational Incidents among Electrical Contractors, 2007–2013

  • Pouya Gholizadeh,
  • Ikechukwu S. Onuchukwu and
  • Behzad Esmaeili

This study used methodologies of descriptive and quantitative statistics to identify the contributing factors most affecting occupational accident outcomes among electrical contracting enterprises, given an accident occurred. Accident reports were co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,823 Views
20 Pages

20 February 2023

Vehicle front-end structure has the characteristic of symmetry. The damage of occupants in the crash process is determined by the combined effect of the front-end structure and the restraint system of the vehicle. In this paper, the coupling relation...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,174 Views
6 Pages

25 November 2024

In Hungary, around 14,000 to 15,000 traffic accidents result in personal injuries on public roads annually. Half of the individuals involved in fatal collisions are considered vulnerable pedestrians or cyclists. Our retrospective cross-sectional stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,111 Views
9 Pages

21 April 2023

The forestry industry poses a higher risk of occupational accidents than other sectors, and understanding the occurrence and characteristics of injuries and fatalities is crucial for improving the safety and health of workers and establishing future...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
8,161 Views
11 Pages

Artisanal and small-scale gold miners are confronted with numerous hazards often resulting in varying degrees of injuries and fatalities. In Ghana, like many developing countries, there is paucity of information on the causes and nature of the accide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,332 Views
10 Pages

Fractures of the Lower Extremity after E-Bike, Bicycle, and Motorcycle Accidents: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 624 Patients

  • Thomas Rauer,
  • Andrin Aschwanden,
  • Benjamin B. Rothrauff,
  • Hans-Christoph Pape and
  • Julian Scherer

Electric bicycles (e-bikes) have gained enormous popularity in recent years, and as a result, they have successively become more involved in traffic accidents. The aim of the present study was to assess differences in severity and localization of inj...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,409 Views
16 Pages

In-Depth Bicycle Collision Reconstruction: From a Crash Helmet to Brain Injury Evaluation

  • Xiancheng Yu,
  • Claire E. Baker,
  • Mike Brown and
  • Mazdak Ghajari

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a prevalent injury among cyclists experiencing head collisions. In legal cases, reliable brain injury evaluation can be difficult and controversial as mild injuries cannot be diagnosed with conventional brain imaging m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,210 Views
15 Pages

Urban rail transit has become one of the indispensable modes of public transportation in large cities. Escalators are ubiquitous in metro stations, as passengers typically use escalators when entering or leaving a metro station. Thus, escalators have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,561 Views
20 Pages

Numerical Reconstruction of Cyclist Impact Accidents: Can Helmets Protect the Head-Neck of Cyclists?

  • Fang Wang,
  • Ke Peng,
  • Tiefang Zou,
  • Qiqi Li,
  • Fan Li,
  • Xinghua Wang,
  • Jiapeng Wang and
  • Zhou Zhou

27 September 2023

Cyclists are vulnerable road users and often suffer head-neck injuries in car–cyclist accidents. Wearing a helmet is currently the most prevalent protection method against such injuries. Today, there is an ongoing debate about the ability of he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,548 Views
10 Pages

Characteristics of E-Scooter-Related Maxillofacial Injuries over 2019–2022—Retrospective Study from Poznan, Poland

  • Justyna Kowalczewska,
  • Szymon Rzepczyk,
  • Maciej Okła,
  • Kacper Nijakowski,
  • Łukasz Słowik,
  • Aleksandra Makuch,
  • Oliwia Hryniewicz,
  • Julia Krasnoborska,
  • Czesław Żaba and
  • Krzysztof Osmola

26 May 2023

Recently, there has been a considerable rise in the popularity and use of electric scooters. Because of this, the number of accidents involving them has also risen. Head and neck injuries are the most common. The aim of the study was to determine the...

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