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Analyzing Accidents Caused by Overturn of Vehicles (Case Study of Iran-Zanjan Province in 2010)
Seyed Mahdi Sajjadi, Mohd Zulkifli Bin Mohd Yunus, Othman Che Puan, Taha Mehmannavaz, Iman Faridmehr, Seyed Amir Hossein Beheshti and Mostafa Samadi
Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2014 12:2509-2515
Received: August 12, 2013 | Accepted: September 05, 2013 | Published: March 29, 2014
Abstract
Today, issue of accidents has turned into a great complication in Iran and it can be interpreted as silent killer which causes death of tens of human. Of the major and effective factors in occurrence of accidents are vehicle and road each playing role according to the available statistics. One of the major causes which cause serious injuries and cause death of the passengers of vehicles by 50% according to the available statistics is overturn of vehicle and all of the three factors mentioned above can play essential role in its emergence which is mostly caused by human. This paper studies causes of overturn based on the available statistics in 2010 relating to Zanjan Province, one of the provinces of northwest of Iran and suggested ways for reducing it in this province.
Keywords:
Accidents, human, overturn, silent killer, vehicle,
References
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Organization Police, 2010. Iranian Police Journal.
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Transportation and Terminals Organization of Zanjan, 2010. Journal of Transportation and Terminals Organization of Zanjan, Iran, 100.
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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