In recent years, we have observed an intensification of the implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems measures and methods in Poland. Advanced traffic management and control systems or their components are appearing both on Polish motorways and in urban road network areas. One of the functions that traffic management systems can perform is incident management, which includes road incident detection. This paper presents methods for detecting road incidents, the implementation of which will contribute to increasing the reliability of the transport system in cities and on motorways by shortening traffic disruptions associated with the occurrence of an incident and improving traffic safety by reducing the severity of accidents through faster provision of assistance to victims.Road accidents are one of the biggest public health problems, the importance of which is highlighted by the consequences in the form of degradation of the quality of life of victims and their families.
Victims of a road accident most often suffer multiple bodily injuries that are directly life-threatening and cause diagnostic difficulties, requiring multidisciplinary treatment and rehabilitation[1]. Reducing the negative consequences for (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine
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