A comparison of approaches for investigating the impact of ambient light on road traffic collisions
A comparison of approaches for investigating the impact of ambient light on road traffic collisions
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DOI：
10.1177/1477153520924066
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发表时间：
2020-05-12
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Uttley, J.
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作者：
Fotios, S.;Robbins, C. J.;Uttley, J.
最近的一篇论文提出了一种更精确的方法来研究环境光（白天与天黑后）对道路交通事故的影响。本文首先重复了对英国道路交通碰撞事故的分析，以测试可重复性；然后，它扩展了分析范围，以确定更高的精度是否会影响道路交通碰撞分析的结果。先前分析的结果在效果方向方面得到了重现，但重复分析发现白天和黑暗之间存在更大的差异。使用新方法确定的优势比比过去一些研究中使用的分析更高，这表明过去的研究可能低估了黑暗对道路交通碰撞风险的有害影响。
A recent paper proposed a more precise approach for investigating the impact of ambient light (daylight versus after dark) on road traffic collisions. The present paper first repeated that analysis of road traffic collisions in the UK to test reproducibility; it then extended the analysis to determine whether the greater precision affected the outcome of road traffic collision analyses. Results of the previous analysis were reproduced in terms of the direction of the effect, but the repeated analysis found greater differences between daylight and darkness. The odds ratio determined using the new method led to higher odds ratios than the analyses used in some past studies, suggesting that past studies may have underestimated the detrimental effect of darkness on road traffic collision risk.