Structural anatomy and temporal trends of road accident research: Full-scope analyses of the field |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, Australia;2. Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Australia;3. Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, United States;4. Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia;1. School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;2. School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia;3. Mianeh Technical and Engineering Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran;1. Development Research Institute of Transportation Governed by Law, School of Law, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;2. Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA;3. Judicial Big Data Research Center, School of Law, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;1. Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland, Australia;2. Faculty of Health, School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia;3. Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Colombia;4. Consortium of Adolescent Road Safety (CADROSA.org), Australia;5. Adolescent Risk Research Unit (ARRU), Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience – Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia;6. Sustainability Research Centre (SRC), Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia;7. School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia;1. School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture, and Information Technology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia;2. School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia;1. Division of Construction Computation, Institute for Computational Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam;2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam;3. Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, City Campus, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia;4. Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia;5. Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia;6. Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Colombia;7. Faculty of Tourism, University of Economics – The University of Danang, 71 Ngu Hanh Son, Danang City, Viet Nam;8. Faculty of Bridge and Road Engineering, University of Science and Technology – The University of Danang, 54 Nguyen Luong Bang Street, Lien Chieu District, Danang City, Viet Nam |
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| Abstract: | Introduction: Scholarly research on road accidents over the past 50 years has generated substantial literature. We propose a robust search strategy to retrieve and analyze this literature. Method: Analyses was focused on estimating the size of this literature and examining its intellectual anatomy and temporal trends using bibliometric indicators of its articles. Results: The size of the literature is estimated to have exceeded N = 25,000 items as of 2020. At the highest level of aggregation, patterns of term co-occurrence in road accident articles point to the presence of six major divisions: (i) law, legislation & road trauma statistics; (ii) vehicular safety technology; (iii) statistical modelling; (iv) driving simulator experiments of driving behavior; (v) driver style and personality (social psychology); and (vi) vehicle crashworthiness and occupant protection division. Analyses identify the emergence of various research clusters and their progress over time along with their respective influential entities. For example, driver injury severity ” and crash frequency show distinct characteristics of trending topics, with research activities in those areas notably intensified since 2015 Also, two developing clusters labelled autonomous vehicle and automated vehicle show distinct signs of becoming emerging streams of road accident literature. Conclusions: By objectively documenting temporal patterns in the development of the field, these analyses could offer new levels of insight into the intellectual composition of this field, its future directions, and knowledge gaps. Practical Applications: The proposed search strategy can be modified to generate specific subsets of this literature and assist future conventional reviews. The findings of temporal analyses could also be instrumental in informing and enriching literature review sections of original research articles. Analyses of authorships can facilitate collaborations, particularly across various divisions of accident research field. |
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| Keywords: | Road trauma Road crashes Traffic safety Road safety Scientometrics |
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