Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics associated with farm equipment and horse and buggy roadway crashes in relation to person, incident, and injury characteristics to identify appropriate points for injury incident prevention.
Methods: Information on crashes occurring on public roads during the years 2010–2013 was obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and analyzed.
Results: There were 344 farm equipment and 246 horse and buggy crashes during the 4-year study period. These crashes involved 666 and 504 vehicles and 780 and 838 people, respectively. In incidents with farm equipment, the non-farm equipment drivers had an almost 2 times greater injury risk than farm equipment operators. Horse and buggy crashes were almost 3 times more injurious to the horse and buggy drivers than the drivers of the other vehicles.
Conclusions: The average crash rate for farm equipment was 198.4 crashes per 100,000 farm population and for horse and buggy the crash rate was calculated as 89.4 crashes per 100,000 Amish population per year. This study suggests that road safety and public health programs should focus not only on farm equipment operators and horse and buggy drivers but on other motorists sharing the roadway with them. 相似文献
为研究巷道内风门开启程度对矿井火灾烟气流动特性的影响,使用火灾动力学模拟软件FDS模拟0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0,2.5,3.0 m/s 6种通风风速,以及风门开启1/4,1/2,3/4和全开启4种情况对巷道火灾烟气流动特征参数温度和能见度的影响。结果表明:风速0.5,1.0 m/s 时,风门开启1/4最有利于人员逃生;风速1.5 m/s时,风门开启1/2最有利于人员逃生;风速高于1.5 m/s时,风门关闭影响巷道内风流流动,因此不宜关闭风门;在风门全开启时,随着风速增大,火源上风侧的温度降低、井下能见度升高,烟气的逆退距离缩短,当风速2.5 m/s时各监测点温度最稳定。 相似文献