Influence of seat-belt use on the severity of injury in traffic accidents

被引:27
作者
Febres, Juan Diego [1 ]
Garcia-Herrero, Susana [2 ]
Herrera, Sixto [3 ]
Gutierrez, J. M. [4 ]
Lopez-Garcia, J. R. [2 ]
Mariscal, Miguel A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tecn Particular Loja, Dept Chem & Exact Sci, Loja, Ecuador
[2] Univ Burgos, Escuela Politecn Super, Burgos, Spain
[3] Univ Cantabria, Dept Matemat Aplicada & Ciencias Computac, Santander, Spain
[4] CSIC, Inst Fis Cantabria, Santander, Spain
关键词
Road traffic injuries; Seat belt; Bayesian networks; Traffic accidents; Human and conditioning factors; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS; DRIVER; CRASH;
D O I
10.1186/s12544-020-0401-5
中图分类号
U [交通运输];
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08 ; 0823 ;
摘要
Background About 1.35 million people died in traffic accidents around the world in 2018, make this type of accidents the 8th cause of death in the world. Particularly, in Spain, there were 204,596 traffic accidents during 2016 and 2017, out of which 349,810 drivers were injured. The objective of this study was to understand to what extent seat belt non-use and human factors contribute to drivers injury severity. Methodology The results are based on the information and 2016-17 data provided by the Spain national traffic department "Direccion General de Trafico" (DGT). The discretization model and Bayesian Networks were developed based on important variables from the literature. These variables were classified as; human factor, demographic factor, conditioning factor and seat belt use. Results The results showed that failure to wear the seat belt by drivers are likely to increase the risk of fatal and sever injury significantly. Moreover, distraction and road type road can contribute to the accident severity.
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