@article{ref1,
title="Representing two road traffic collisions in one Accimap: highlighting the importance of emergency response and enforcement in a low-income country",
journal="Ergonomics",
year="2020",
author="Hamim, Omar Faruqe and Hoque, Md. Shamsul and McIlroy, Rich C. and Plant, Katherine L. and Stanton, Neville A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Seemingly erratic pedestrian crossing has become a major source of vehicle-pedestrian collisions on highways in Bangladesh, and across other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this article, we approach the challenge from a sociotechnical systems perspective by using the Accimap method to analyse a pair of time-separated yet interconnected road traffic collisions. The first event involved a truck colliding with a road divider; in the second, fatal incident, a bus hit a university student. The traditional-style investigation conducted immediately after the collision apportioned blame to end users i.e. drivers and pedestrian; however, application of sociotechnical systems thinking revealed the contribution from lack of emergency response and enforcement among many other important factors. <br><br>RESULTS and recommendations are discussed in terms of reducing the chance and severity of such collisions across LMICs, and in terms of the need to look beyond the end-user, a focus that remains dominant in such settings.Practitioner Summary: This paper applies sociotechnical systems thinking to pedestrian safety in Bangladesh by analysing two inter-connected road traffic collisions using a single Accimap. The findings emphasise the importance of implementing road safety interventions that target all system levels, and draw attention to the importance of post-collision response in low-income settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-0139",
doi="10.1080/00140139.2020.1807064",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2020.1807064"
}