An analysis of single-vehicle truck crashes on rural curved segments accounting for unobserved heterogeneity

M Islam, P Hosseini, M Jalayer - Journal of safety research, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction: Medium to large truck crashes, particularly on rural curved roadways, lead to a
disproportionately higher number of fatalities and serious injuries relative to other passenger …

Effects of driver work-rest patterns, lifestyle and payment incentives on long-haul truck driver sleepiness

K Mahajan, NR Velaga, A Kumar, A Choudhary… - … research part F: traffic …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of the study is to identify and model the role of payment incentives, driver work-rest
patterns and other lifestyle habits influencing the drowsy driving behavior among long-haul …

The geography of freight-related accidents in the era of E-commerce: Evidence from the Los Angeles metropolitan area

C Yang, M Chen, Q Yuan - Journal of transport geography, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the burgeoning demand for freight movement in the era of e-commerce, freight
related road safety threats have been growing in both urban and suburban areas, despite …

A study on the probabilistic quantification of heavy-truck crash risk under the influence of multi-factors

M Baikejuli, J Shi, M Hussain - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to manage and reduce a specific risk, its quantitative analysis is necessary. The key
objective of this study is to illustrate the prevalence of multi-factors in fatal crashes involving …

Impact of variable speed limit in a connected vehicle environment on truck driver behavior under adverse weather conditions: driving simulator study

G Yang, MM Ahmed… - Transportation research …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In 2015, the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) selected Wyoming as one of three
sites to develop, test, and deploy a suite of connected vehicle (CV) applications on a 402-mi …

Discovering insightful rules among truck crash characteristics using apriori algorithm

J Hong, R Tamakloe, D Park - Journal of advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims to discover hidden patterns and potential relationships in risk factors in
freight truck crash data. Existing studies mainly used parametric models to analyze the …

Effects of driver sleepiness and fatigue on violations among truck drivers in India

K Mahajan, NR Velaga, A Kumar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims at capturing the influence of driver drowsiness on prevalence of traffic
violations among long-haul truck drivers. The study is based on a roadside survey of 453 …

Spatial autocorrelation analysis of cargo trucks on highway crashes in Chile

CA Blazquez, B Picarte, JF Calderón… - Accident Analysis & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The growing number of cargo trucks on highway crashes in recent years due to the increase
in freight movement in Chile motivates this study to identify the formation of persistent crash …

Effectiveness of front crash prevention systems in reducing large truck real-world crash rates

ER Teoh - Traffic injury prevention, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Forward collision warning (FCW) and automatic emergency braking (AEB) have
the potential to prevent or mitigate many large truck crashes. While these systems are known …

Endogenous commercial driver's traffic violations and freight truck-involved crashes on mainlines of expressway

J Hong, J Park, G Lee, D Park - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019 - Elsevier
Freight truck-involved crashes result in a high mortality rate and significantly impact logistic
costs; therefore, many researchers have analyzed the causes of truck-involved traffic …