COLOMBO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Thirty people were killed and several others injured in road accidents that took place in Sri Lanka within the past 48 hours, as the country celebrated the local Sinhala and Tamil New year, police said on Friday. Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana told reporters...
Recent compulsory motor vehicle safety measures are unlikely to directly protect majority of automobile trauma victims in Sri Lanka. To obtain a higher impact on road traffic injury prevention, main emphasis has to be given to improve the safety standards of VRUs in developing countries....
All the students had to take part in a talk on road safety which was given by a police officer. The following is what the police officer said. ”“Most traffic accidents shouldn’t happen. They happen because people are careless. A frequent cause of traffic accidents is speed. Some people...
The objective of the study was to identify risks relating to road traffic injury among older people and those living with disability and guide advocacy, community development, and policy change to address these risks in the Uva province in Sri Lanka. This was a mixed methods participatory ...
Introduction: An estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road traffic accidents each year, and as many as 50 million are injured, occupying 30 percent to 70 percent of orthopedic beds in developing countries hospitals. But there is limited information on the burden of RTA in Douala. Aim: ...
Road traffic accidents are the primary cause of deaths among people aged 15 to 29, and this figure is expected to rise in the coming years. One of the prominent factors contributing to this high number of fatalities is a lack of road marking. The market is expected to grow at 6.0% CAGR...
In 2009, Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, a former President of Russia said: “The national economy lost $175 billion from road traffic accidents [crashes] over the past 5 years. That is comparable with overall health care expenditures of the same period” (Roth 2009). Russia has undergone rapid ...
Sri Lanka had formulated a ten-year plan to improve road safety in connection with the DecadeofAction for Road Safety. daccess-ods.un.org daccess-ods.un.org 作为道路安全行动十年的一项行动,斯里兰卡制定 了旨在改进道路安全的十年计划。 daccess-ods.un.org ...
The continuous increases in the numbers of road traffic crashes (RTC) over the years, especially in developing countries, have been a source of worry. The majority of the RTC are attributed to road user behaviours exhibited by the drivers. This study set
Technological changes in modes, such as autonomous vehicles, are believed to reduce traffic congestion. Still, their impact on congestion levels depends on the parameters used in car-following microsimulation models and the user’s control of these parameters [1]. Congestion is mainly categorized ...