Saving lives on Canadian roads

在加拿大，道路交通事故是造成伤亡的一个主要原因。例如，2005年，机动车辆碰撞造成2 905名加拿大人死亡，并造成204 751人受伤。道路创伤每年造成的社会成本估计超过250亿美元。这一创新研究方案旨在通过确定道路交通事故的主要因素以及制定、实施和评估道路安全措施，减少道路交通事故的巨大社会成本。具体来说，它将使用各种最先进的方法识别碰撞黑点。这项研究还将确定导致十字路口撞车频率和严重程度的因素，并开发一个综合交通工程与社会和健康科学概念的整体模型。最后，它将评估一项工程措施，该措施有望对减少选定十字路口的车辆与行人碰撞产生重大影响。

Road crashes are a major cause of deaths and injuries in Canada. In 2005, for example, motor vehicle collisions claimed the lives of 2,905 Canadians, in addition to causing 204,751 injuries. The annual social cost of road trauma is estimated at more than $25 billion. This innovative program of research aims to reduce the huge social cost of road crashes by identifying major contributing factors to road crashes and developing, implementing and evaluating road safety measures. Specifically, it will identify collision black-spots using various state-of-the-art methodologies. This research will also identify factors contributing to the frequency and severity of crashes at intersections and develop a holistic model that integrates concepts from transportation engineering with those from social and health sciences. Finally, it will evaluate an engineering measure that is expected to have a significant impact in reducing vehicle-pedestrian collisions at selected intersections.