Citation

Fildes B, Keall MD, Newstead SV. Traffic Injury Prev. 2018; 19(Suppl 1): S179-S181.

Affiliation

Monash Injury Research Institute, Monash University , Clayton , Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15389588.2018.1426907

PMID

29584474

Abstract

This study reports good consistency in international comparisons of the number and severity of backover crashes. More than half occurred to pedestrians aged 60 years and older. Children less than 9 years comprised 5% of these crashes with a similar percent aged 10 to 19 years. A significant 41% reduction in real-world backover crashes was found for Australian vehicles with reversing cameras. A range of driver and pedestrian maneuvers was found and 11 crash scenarios were identified in backover collisions. Mandating the fitting of reversing cameras to all vehicles and enhancements would likely enhance the safety of pedestrians in reversing maneuvers.

Peer-reviewed paper from the 61st Annual Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), October 2017

Language: en

Keywords

Safety; injuries; interventions; pedestrians; reversing collisions