Saving lives on Canadian roads

在加拿大，道路交通事故是造成死亡和受伤的主要原因。例如，2005年，机动车碰撞造成204，751人受伤，2，905名加拿大人丧生。每年道路创伤的社会成本估计超过250亿美元。这一创新性研究方案旨在通过确定道路碰撞的主要促成因素以及制定、实施和评估道路安全措施，减少道路碰撞的巨大社会成本。具体而言，它将使用各种最先进的方法来识别碰撞黑点。这项研究还将确定导致交叉路口撞车事故频率和严重程度的因素，并开发一个整体模型，将交通工程的概念与社会科学和健康科学的概念相结合。最后，它将评估一个工程措施，预计将有显着的影响，减少车辆行人碰撞在选定的交叉口。

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.