Fatalities, crash crashes

LaneJD, Stinson FS, Bertolucci D Trends in alcohol-related fatal traffic crashes, United States, 1977-95 (Surveillance Report No 42). Rockville, MD, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1997... 

The drug store for chemicals that affect the mind has grown into a giant supermarket. Cocaine may be cited in today s fatal crash on the highway meth (methamphetamine) has moved from the heartland to many parts of the United States as a drug of choice marijuana is the subject of a current government controversy nicotine and alcohol make the headlines frequently. 

But did she have to die that day, right before an eclipse Some astrologers contend that you can t escape your fate. Others, myself among them, believe that every influence has many possible expressions. Certainly Diana s chart was under enormous stress at the time of her fatal car crash. Even in retrospect, we can t know whether Diana could have avoided this terrible accident. This much is certain, though Taking precautions — and fastening her safety belt — couldn t have hurt. 

Laumon B, Gadeqbeku B, Martin J-L, Biecheler M-B the SAM Group. Cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes in France population based case-control study. BMJ (2005) 331, 1371-6. Correction, ibid. (2006) 332, 1298. 

The intervention process is triggered by one or more deficient I BASICS, a high crash rate, a complaint, or fatal crash. 

Interventions Action the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) would take to correct unsafe behavior and achieve safety compliance. An intervention is triggered by (1) one or more deficient BASICs, (2) a high crash indicator, or (3) a complaint or fatal crash. 

A further comparison can be made here if the useful life of a motor vehicle is about ten years, an average of about one vehicle in about eight hundred will be involved in a fatal accident in Brunei during the vehicle as life (ten years in this example). In a country such as Malaysia, one motor vehicle in two hundred is likely to be involved in a fatal crash in the Philippines, about one in hundred and in Myanmar one in thirty five. 

Of the roughly 317,000 police-reported crashes involving a large truck in 2010, 3,500 resulted in at least one person being killed and another 67,000 resulted in at least one person being injured. The 3,500 fatal crashes represents an increase in the number of fatal crashes involving a large truck over 2009. 

In 2010, large truck crashes accounted for 8 percent of vehicles involved in fatal crashes and 2 percent of vehicles involved in injcuy crashes. 

Only 3 percent of large truck drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2010 had any measurable blood alcohol in their system, and only 1.8 percent were considered intoxicated at at the time of the crash, compared to 27 percent and 23 percent of car and light truck drivers. 

In 2010 about 3.5 percent of fatal crashes and 3.0 percent of nonfatal crashes involving large trucks occurred in a construction maintenance work zone. However, in 2010 22 percent of all fatal crashes that occurred in a work zone involved a large truck. 

Over 76 percent of all fatal truck crashes involved at least one other vehicle. Over 91 percent of the time the other vehicle was a passenger vehicle. 

Fatal Crashes — From 2001 to 2010, the number of large trucks involved in fatal crashes dropped from 4,832 to 3,484 — down 28 percent. The number of large trucks involved in fatal crashes per 100 milhon vehicle miles traveled also declined in these years from 2.31 to 1.22. 

Truck tractors pulling semi-trailers accounted for 62 percent of the trucks involved in fatal crashes and 48 percent of the trucks involved in nonfatal crashes. 

No adverse weather conditions were reported for 86 percent of the fatal crashes and for 85 percent of the nonfatal crashes involving large trucks in 2007. 

The vast maj ority of the fatal crashes (84 percent) involving large trucks occurred on Monday through Friday. 

Note Weather is often cited as a main cause of CMV accidents by drivers. However, as the above trend in fatality crashes indicates, weather is rarely the cause. Also, in most cases when weather does become a factor, driver error (following too close for conditions, operating too fast for conditions, or not maintaining an adequate cushion of safety in adverse weather conditions) is the real cause. 

One of the leading causes of vehicle deaths is the blood alcohol concentration (BAG) of drivers. For the last decade, about one-fourth of the drivers in fatal crashes had BAG levels above the legal limit of 0.08 g/dL. There are measurable reductions in driver skills at BAG levels of 0.05. 

EXPERTS have confirmed that the fatal crash of a cargo plane into an apartment block was caused by failure of a bolt securing one of the plane s massive engines to the wings. Weakened by corrosion, the bolt sheared after take-off, causing one engine to break loose. .. 

Complex accidents may have many sites. For example, the root cause of a road traffic accident may have occurred in a design office (for the car or for the road) many years before, and many miles away from, the fatal crash. 

Wald, M. L. 2007. Fatal airplane crashes drop 65%. New York Times, October 1. 

Farmer, C.M., Lund, A.K., Trempel, R.E., and Braver, E. 1997. Fatal crashes of passenger vehicles before and after adding antilock braking systems. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 29, 745-757. 

Jenness, J. W., Jenkins, F., and Zador, P. 2011. Motorcycle conspicuity and the effect of fleet DRL Analysis of two-vehicle fatal crashes in Canada and the United States 2001-2007. Washington, DC NHTSA. Report No. DOT HS 811 505. 

McCartt, A., Teoh, E., Fields, M., Braitman, K., and HeUinga, L. 2010. Graduated licensing laws and fatal crashes of teenage drivers A national study. Traffic Injury Prevention, 11, 240-248. 

Cheung, I. and McCartt, A.T. 2010. Declines in fatal crashes of older drivers Changes in crash risk and survivability. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 43, 666-674. 

Without a doubt, speed is an important (or even the most important) factor which has an influence on road safety. Crashes that occur at relatively low speeds can also result in rather serious injury if the human body is unprotected an example being a blind spot crash between a heavy goods vehicle and a cyclist. An OECD report on speed management concluded that approximately one-third of fatal crashes are (at least partly) due to high or inappropriate speeds (OECD/ECMT, 2006). 

Mishaps involving the Toyota ETCS have resulted in billions of dollars of costs in the US, including an economic loss class action settlement, a criminal cover-up case, and undisclosed settlements in hundreds of individual death and injury cases. Recalls have been issued - but for mechanical issues rather than for software defects. A redacted NASA report has been made public, as well as some transcripts from the one public trial that featured software safety testimony (including testimony by this author). The jury in that one trial found Toyota liable for a fatal crash based on testimony that alleged software defects were responsible. Toyota has denied that software defects have resulted in this or any other mishap. 

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