Overview of Truck Accidents in India and Its Economic Loss Estimation

Kumaresh, Girikumar; Saldanha, Fiona; Lich, Thomas; Moennich, Joerg

doi:10.4271/2021-26-0007

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“…Highway accidents are a road transport challenge that have recognized and wide-ranging effects in jeopardizing community economy and public health. Such accidents decrease the nation's population or manpower that can support its social and economic development (Kumaresh et al, 2021;Taniform et al, 2023). Nowadays, road accidents take lives of around 1.35 million people annually (WHO, 2018).…”

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Investigating the Risk Factors Affecting the Occurrence, Frequency, and Severity of Large Truck Accidents in Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq

Asad,

Saeed

2024

Kufa J. Eng.

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In spite of the established literature-based evidence regarding the consequences of large truck accidents, limited body of research has been done on the characteristics and risk factors of such road accidents in Iraqi cities and governorates. According to national statistics, there has been a steady increase in the number of trucks and truck-related crashes over the past ten years. This paper aims to investigate the characteristics and risk factors associated with accidents involving large trucks in Al-Najaf governorate. A sample of 400 truck drivers were randomly selected and interviewed to collect the needed accident data. Four generalized linear models have been built; ordinal regression model for total injuries, binary logistic model for fatal accident occurrence, multinomial logit model for accident frequency, and ordinal regression model for accident cost. The analysis results revealed several influential predictors including truck driver age, education level, type of collision, truck speed, truck type, and street lighting condition. The obtained findings should be enlightening and helpful for government organizations looking to promote safety measures for sustainable freight truck transport.

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