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  • The use of GIS tools for road infrastructure safety management

    There are many factors that influence accidents and their severity. They can be grouped within the system of man, vehicle and environment. The article focuses on how GIS tools can be used to manage road infrastructure safety. To ensure a better understanding and identification of road factors, GIS tools help with the acquisition of road parameter data. Their other role is helping with a clear and effective presentation of risk...

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  • On Explaining Intuitiveness of Software Engineering Techniques with User eXperience Concepts

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2013

    W referacie zawarto próbę wyjaśnienia intuicyjności technik inżynierii oprogramowania za pomocą pojęć zaczerpniętych z obszaru doświadczenia użytkownika. Analizy dotyczą zarówno intuicyjności przy pierwszym zetknięciu się użytkownika z daną techniką, jak i dynamiki transformacji epizodycznych doświadczeń na doświadczenie skumulowane i powiązane z nim postrzeganie intuicyjności. Przedyskutowano potencjalne zastosowania modelu i...

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  • Weather Hazard Avoidance in Modeling Safety of Motor-Driven Ship for Multicriteria Weather Routing

    Weather routing methods find the most suitable ocean?s route for a vessel, taking into account changeable weather conditions and navigational constraints. In the multicriteria approach based on the evolutionary SPEA algorithm one is able to consider a few constrained criteria simultaneously. The approach applied for a ship with hybrid propulsions has already been presented by one of the authors on previous TransNav?2009. This time...

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  • Human Factors and Functional Safety Analysis in Designing the Control Rooms of Industrial Hazardous Plants

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    - Rok 2014

    In this work some aspects of human factors and functional safety analysis in designing the control rooms of industrial hazardous plants are presented. The “defence in depth” (D-in-D) concept is outlined. Some designing issues of the alarm system (AS) with regard to human factors to be supported using the human reliability analysis (HRA) are discussed. The AS and decision support system (DSS), when properly designed, would contribute...

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  • Human Factors and Cognitive Engineering in Functional Safety Analysis

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    - Rok 2018

    Human factors and cognitive engineering are considered nowadays as important multidisciplinary domains that focus on improving the relations between humans, technology and systems to be supervised and operated. The industrial automation and control systems (IACS) in hazardous plants are increasingly computerized and perform various safety functions. These are usually designed and implemented according to the functional safety requirements....

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  • Periodic health and safety training is intended for academic teachers, administrative and office positions

    Kursy Online
    • M. Kwaśniewski
    • I. Ziemba-Filip
    • W. Kikolski
    • M. Joskowski
    • M. Orepuk-Templin
    • P. Traczyk
    • N. Jurczyk
    • G. Czajka
    • E. Kruk
    • M. Sokołowski
    • J. Macholl

    Periodic health and safety training is intended for academic teachers, administrative and office positions

  • A Machine Learning Approach for Estimating Overtime Allocation in Software Development Projects

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    Overtime planning in software projects has traditionally been approached with search-based multi-objective optimization algorithms. However, the explicit solutions produced by these algorithms often lack applicability and acceptance in the software industry due to their disregard for project managers' intuitive knowledge. This study presents a machine learning model that learns the preferred overtime allocation patterns from solutions...

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  • Integrated monitoring, control and security of Critical Infrastructure Systems

    Publikacja

    Modern societies have reached a point where everyday life relies heavily on desired operation of critical infrastructures, in spite of accidental failures and/or deliberate attacks. The issue of desired performance operation of CIS at high security level receives considerable attention worldwide. The pioneering generic methodologies and methods are presented in the paper project for designing systems capable of achieving these...

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  • Utilizing online collaborative games to facilitate Agile Software Development

    Effective collaboration and interaction among the development team and between the team and the customer as well as proactive attitude in initiating and implementing improvements play vital roles in the success of agile projects. The challenge is how to address these social aspects since neither the Agile Manifesto nor the Scrum Guide specify techniques that aid the human side of software development. To fill this gap, we developed...

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  • Community Road Safety Strategies in the Context of Sustainable Mobility

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    - Rok 2018

    The paper presents an overview on the road safety strategies and action plans implemented in the framework of the “SOL - Save our lives: Comprehensive road safety strategy for Central Europe” project. It contains summarization of learned knowledge regarding the efficiency of measures applied and highlights examples of good practices. The purpose of the paper is to provide recommendations for effective and successful planning, formulation...

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  • Identifying the Effects of Selected Road and Roadside Parameters on Road Safety Using Geodetic Techniques

    The paper will present techniques that can be used to obtain data on road alignment and profile including the roadside. In-the-field and simulation studies have helped to develop mathematical models that integrate vehicle position data. The experiments were conducted in a virtual environment using the software ArcGIS that reflects the actual roadside conditions. The site tests were made using a purpose-built device which integrates...

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  • Wideband Radio Direction Finder Implemented in Software Defined Radio Technology

    In the paper a wideband radio direction finder (RDF) implemented in software defined radio (SDR) technology and the results of hardware layer research, including developed antenna switching unit (ASU), are presented. The results of tests of the devices, which are the part of the software defined radio platform (SDRP), and antenna switching unit, confirmed the possibility of using selected components in the final solution.

  • The value of independent investigations within integrated transport safety systems

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    The importance of independent investigations into the causes of transport accidents is still underestimated in poland in the same way as the right of society to adequate information on safety. Meanwhile international experience shows that they can effectively improve safety by reducing the costs, enhancing the transfer of safety lessons between different modes of transport, facilitating the advancement of new and innovative investigation...

  • Memetic approach for multi-objective overtime planning in software engineering projects

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2019

    Software projects often suffer from unplanned overtime due to uncertainty and risk incurred due to changing requirement and attempt to meet up with time-to-market of the software product. This causes stress to developers and can result in poor quality. This paper presents a memetic algorithmic approach for solving the overtime-planning problem in software development projects. The problem is formulated as a three-objective optimization...

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  • General concept of functional safety - standarisation and sector aspects

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2007

    Rozdział poświęcono koncepcji bezpieczeństwa funkcjonalnego. Bezpieczeństwo funkcjonalne jest częścią bezpieczeństwa całkowitego zależną od odpowiedniej odpowiedzi systemów sterowania i/lub zabezpieczeń na sygnały wejściowe podczas wystąpienia stanów nienormalnych maszyny, instalacji lub obiektu podwyższonego ryzyka. Koncepcja bezpieczeństwa funkcjonalnego przedstawiona w normie IEC 51508 stanowi przykład dobrej praktyki inżynierskiej...

  • AGREE—Analytical GREEnness Metric Approach and Software

    Publikacja

    - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY - Rok 2020

    Green analytical chemistry focuses on making analytical procedures more environmentally benign and safer to humans. The amounts and toxicity of reagents, generated waste, energy requirements, the number of procedural steps, miniaturization, and automation are just a few of the multitude of criteria considered when assessing an analytical methodology’s greenness. The use of greenness assessment criteria requires dedicated tools. We...

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  • DevEmo—Software Developers’ Facial Expression Dataset

    The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the relevance of remote activities and digital tools for education, work, and other aspects of daily life. This reality has highlighted the need for emotion recognition technology to better understand the emotions of computer users and provide support in remote environments. Emotion recognition can play a critical role in improving the remote experience and ensuring that individuals are able...

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  • Hierarchical random models in road transport safety

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2015

    In this paper multilevel approach to the issue of road safety level on the road network of European regions, classified as NUTS 2 in statistical databases of the EU, has been presented. The risk calculated as the number of death casualties in road accidents per 100,000 inhabitants of a given region has Poisson distribution. Therefore, generalized Poisson model has been assumed in the modelling process. Multilevel stochastic analysis...

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  • An approach to improving agility and discipline of software development with Scrum and CMMI

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    - LogForum - Rok 2011

    The paper reports on two case studies of combining the Scrum methodology with the CMMI maturity model to improve together agility and discipline of software development. First, we propose the CMMI-Scrum reference model, which maps Scrum practices onto 123 practices of CMMI Staged level 2 and 3. Then, for 60% of CMMI practices, which are insufficiently covered by Scrum we extend Scrum with new practices that improve discipline while...

  • Critical Case Stochastic Phylogenetic Tree Model via the Laplace Transform

    Publikacja

    - Demonstratio Mathematica - Rok 2014

    Birth–and–death models are now a common mathematical tool to describe branching patterns observed in real–world phylogenetic trees. Liggett and Schinazi (2009) is one such example. The authors propose a simple birth–and–death model that is compatible with phylogenetic trees of both influenza and HIV, depending on the birth rate parameter. An interesting special case of this model is the critical case where the birth rate equals the...

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  • Functional safety and reliability analysis methodoloogy for hazardous industrial plants

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2013

    This monograph is devoted to current problems and methods of the functional safety and reliability analyses of the programmable control and protection systems for industrial hazardous plants. The results of these analyses are useful in the process of safety management in life cycle, for effective reducing relevant risks at the design stage, and then controlling these risks during the operation of given installation. The methodology...

  • Identification of safety hazards and their sources in tram transport

    Both in Poland and in most countries of the European Union, the tram infrastructure is extensively expanding. Contemporary low-floor trams are constructed according to different technical assumptions than typical railway vehicles or high floor trams. In Poland such vehicles rides often on lines designed according to standards developed to the classical vehicles. At the same time, the intensity of road traffic and the number of...

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  • Briding the communicational gap between client and software developer

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2010

    Often is it the case that people find it difficult to bridge thecommunicational gap between themselves and others. This is something of a problem, to say the least. My aim is to explain and to clarify the reasons behind this and to hopefully overcome any obstacles, to allow for a much smoother and more accurate means of fulfilling client and software developer needs.I have found through my own personal experience something which...

  • Safety-based approach in multifunctional building design

    Publikacja

    ABSTRACT: The modern trend in design of the public buildings is to create multifunctional environments in one building, hosting a variety of functions. Multifunctional buildings entertain large number of visitors. The complexity and vulnerability of this type of public space are the main reasons to use within their design process the performance based approach including the recognition of hazards. Safety and reliability approach...

  • Numerical analysis of lumbar spine injury during road safety barrier collision

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2022

    Purpose: Enhancing road safety is a critical goal worldwide, necessitating the development of clear standards for road safety systems. This study focuses on lumbar spine (L-spine) compression injuries during collisions with concrete road safety barriers (RSBs). It aims to analyze internal forces during impact to understand L-spine injury biomechanics in such accidents. Methods: The research included a literature review, analyzing...

  • Functional safety and security assessment of the control and protection systems

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2006

    W artykule zostały poruszone kluczowe aspekty integracji podejścia bezpieczeństwa funkcjonalnego ''safety'' i ochrony informacji ''security'' w rozproszonych systemach sterowania i zabezpieczeniowych. Próba integracji zagadnień ''safety'' @ ''security'' została zilustrowana na przykładzie systemu monitoringu i zabezpieczeń pracującego w obiekcie podwyższonego ryzyka.

  • Sensitivity analysis of critical forces of trusses with side bracing

    The present research is devoted to the study of out-of-plane buckling of trusses with elastic side bracing. Inthis paper, a sensitivity analysis of critical buckling loads of a truss due to bracing stiffness is carried out. A method based on the sensitivity analysis for the determination of the threshold bracing stiffness conditionfor full bracing of a truss is proposed. The influence lines of the unit change of the bracing stiffness...

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  • Towards Safety Case Integration with Hazard Analysis for Medical Devices

    Publikacja

    Safety case is one of system safety lifecycle products and should be consistent with other lifecycle products like hazard analysis results. In this paper we present a method of safety case integration with hazard tables based on the use of parametrized argument patterns. We describe a hazard table metamodel, a safety argument pattern and a mechanism of pattern instantiation using a linking table which represents references to system...

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  • Impact of ITS services on the safety and efficiency of road traffic

    Publikacja

    - MATEC Web of Conferences - Rok 2017

    This paper describes the project entitled: “Impact of the use of Intelligent Transport Systems on the level of road safety” (agreement no. DZP/RID-I-41/7/NCBR/2016), implemented as part of the Road Innovations Development (RID) programme, funded by the National Centre for Research and Development and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA). The project is run by a consortium comprising the Motor Transport...

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  • Human Factors in designing the Instrumentation and Control Systems Important to Safety

    This work addresses selected aspects of human factors in designing the instrumentation and control (I&C) systems important to safety as a part of the functional safety management of industrial hazardous plants, in particular nuclear power plants. As it is known in such plants a concept of “defence in depth” (D-in-D) is widely applied and some layers of protection are designed with regard to functional safety (FS) concept given...

  • Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Analysis and Management in Smart Manufacturing Systems

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2021

    This chapter addresses some of the issues of the integrated functional safety and cybersecurity analysis and management with regard to selected references and the functional safety standards: IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061, and a cybersecurity standard IEC 62443 that concerns the industrial automation and control systems. The objective is to mitigate the vulnerability of industrial systems that include the information...

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  • ROAD SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS BASED ON THE CALORIES NEEDED

    Publikacja

    - Transport Problems - Rok 2021

    Cyclists are a vulnerable group of road users, especially when no separate infrastructure for cyclists is provided. Then, road factors such as distance and altitude differences can indirectly affect cyclists' safety. Therefore, the authors proposed a procedure based on the geometric characteristics of the road that can determine riding difficulties for cyclists. The proposed procedure can be used both by the public authorities who...

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  • Positive Risk of Creativity in Software Projects: an Expected Result, a Threat or an Opportunity?

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2018

    Positive risk of creativity appears when there is an excess of creativity. This paper aims at exploring the concept of positive risk of creativity in software projects. It presents a taxonomy of positive risks as well as case studies of positive risks in diploma software projects. It also attempts to answer the question whether positive risks should be treated as expected results of applying creativity process, or they cause additional...

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  • Knowledge-based functional safety and security management in hazardous industrial plants with emphasis on human factors

    Publikacja

    Existing and emerging new hazards have significant potential to impact destructively operation of technical systems, hazardous plants, and systems / networks of critical infrastructure. The programmable control and protection systems play nowadays an important role in reducing and controlling risk in the process of hazardous plant operation. It is outlined how to deal with security related hazards concerning such systems to be...

  • Modeling the Influence of Salts on the Critical Micelle Concentration of Ionic Surfactants

    Publikacja

    We show for the first time that a phenomenological, augmented volume-based thermodynamics (aVBT) model is capable to predict the critical micelle concentrations of ionic surfactants, including ionic liquids, with added salts. The model also adjusts for the type of salt added by including its molecular volume, which might form a connection to the Hofmeister effect. The other physico-chemically relevant quantities included in the...

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  • Evaluating Security and Resilience of Critical Networked Infrastructures after Stuxnet

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2013

    The chapter presents the current configuration of the simulation environment for the evaluations of the security and resilience of critical networked infrastructures, which enables simulations of Stuxnet-like attacks. The configuration includes new features added to the MAlSim - Mobile Agent Malware Simulator after the advent of Stuxnet in reference to the experiments aiming at the security evaluation of a power plant which we...

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  • Modelling a 6-dof manipulator using Matlab software

    This paper presents an alternative approach to modelling a revolute robot. The manipulator in question is Kuka KR 16-2. The main problem in robot modelling is a kinematic analysis. The revolute robot consist of six rotary joints (6-DOF) with base, shoulder, elbow and wirst. The kinematics problem is defined as a transformation from the cartesian space to the joint space. The Denavit- Hartenberg (D-H) model of representation was...

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  • Effects of Road Infrastructure on Pedestrian Safety

    The objective of the work was to identify risks for pedestrians that involve road infrastructure and roadside and to define how selected elements of geometry and traffic layout affect driver behaviour (speed on approaching pedestrian crossings). The results have helped to formulate recommendations on pedestrian crossing design. The research included an analysis of 2013-2017 statistics to identify the...

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  • Impact of Work from Home on Agile Software Project Execution – the Empirical Study

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2024

    Background: The outbreak of a Covid-19 pandemic changed the working patterns of software projects delivery. Aim: The study examines how the work from home (WFH) impacted the software project execution for emergence of differentiating patterns. Method: The data on project execution in two country locations was examined. The population is 3711 projects across 52 months (26 pre- and 26 post-pandemic) is analyzed. The paper identifies the...

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  • Regulatory approach to competition law in the practice of the Polish Competition Authority – critical assessment

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2015

    The text provides a critical analysis of the Polish practice of using competition law provisions as regulation provisions

  • Pączkowanie - metoda rozwoju interoperacyjnych komponentów dla systemów rozproszonych = Budding – the software development method of interoperable components for distributed systems

    Publikacja

    Przedstawiono 2 współczesne metody wytwarzania oprogramowania: iteracyjno-przyrostową oraz techniki zwinne, ich zalety i wady w kontekście budowy interoperacyjnych platform i środowisk rozproszonych. Zaprezentowano metodę rozwoju oprogramowania przez pączkowanie, jej założenia, zalety i wady. Przedstawiono technologie, na bazie których działa metodologia wytwarzania oprogramowania przez pączkowanie: Software Product Line, Enterprise...

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  • Metal-Organic Frameworks-Based Sensors for the Detection of Toxins in Food: A Critical Mini-Review on the Applications and Mechanisms

    Publikacja
    • X. Xuan
    • M. Wang
    • S. Manickam
    • G. Boczkaj
    • J. Y. Yoon
    • X. Sun

    - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - Rok 2022

    Using scientific technologies to detect toxins in food is significant to prevent food safety problems and protect people’s health. Recently, the rise of sensors has made rapid, efficient, and safe detection of food toxins possible. One of the key factors impacting the sensor’s performance is the nanomaterials employed. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with high specific surface area, tunable composition, porous structure, and flexible...

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  • Safety Integrity Verification Issues of the Control Systems for Industrial Process Plants

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2018

    The aim of this article is to identify and discuss some issues that can be encountered in designing the industrial automation and control systems (IACS) for implementing safety functions. In a functional safety standard IEC 61511 for the process industry such systems are named the basic process control systems (BPCS) and the safety instrumented systems (SIS). In a generic functional safety standard IEC 61508 they are depicted as...

  • Safety and Functionality Assessment of Tram Loops in Wrocław

    Publikacja

    - Journal of KONBiN - Rok 2021

    The article presents the implementation of the ISFTL method proposed by the authors consisting in an indicator assessment of the safety and functionality of tram loops. Five tram loops located in Wrocław were analyzed. Each of these loops has different characteristics. The components of each assessment are described in detail and further directions for improving the proposed assessment are indicated.

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  • Pedestrian crossing safety management - Erasmus + European Road Safety Partnership EuroS@P

    Kursy Online
    • J. Wachnicka
    • W. Kustra
    • T. Mackun
    • M. Budzyński
    • A. Guzik

  • Evaluating the convenience and safety effects of bicycle lanes in Gdańsk

    Bicycle lanes are lanes marked on a road and dedicated for exclusive use for cyclists.. Because they combine bike and motor traffic they provide directness and flow. However, a shared use of streets could result in bicycle-car accidents. Following up on the good practice Western countries have in planning cycle infrastructure, Gdańsk has recently introduced bike lanes on a few streets. The aim of the research was to assess the...

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  • Numerical methods for the assessment of bridge safety barriers

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2015

    The paper presents a numerical study of the bus crash test for bridge safety barriers. The analysis is conducted with the use of explicit code LS-DYNA. The problem of hourglass effect in shell elements is discussed. The simulations of bus impact against the barrier show that the analyzed barrier withstands the impact forces and restrains the bus trajectory to the bridge road.

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  • The effect of processing on the safety and nutritional value

    Publikacja

    - Rok 2017

    Agricultural crops as well as animal food raw materials are usually somehow processed before being used by humans. Processing should make them more useful, increase their safety and nutritional value, extend the shelf life, and modify the sensory properties. However, changes and interactions of various compounds in the conditions of processing may generate products toxic or otherwise unsafe for the human organism. The food industry...

  • Effect of the Road Environment on Road Safety in Poland

    Run-off-road accidents tend to be very severe because when a vehicle leaves the road, it will often crash into a solid obstacle (tree, pole, supports, front wall of a culvert, barrier). A statistical analysis of the data shows that Poland's main roadside hazard is trees and the severity of vehicles striking a tree in a run-off-road crash. The risks are particularly high in north-west Poland with many of the roads lined up with...

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  • Road Restraint Systems as a Basis for Roadside Safety Improvement

    Roadside-related crashes occur when vehicles run off the road. The majority of the crashes have severe outcomes, especially when an object is hit (tree, pole, supports, front wall of a culvert, barrier). These accidents represent app. 19% of all of Poland's road deaths. Roadside crashes involve: hitting a tree, hitting a barrier, hitting a sign or utility pole, vehicle roll-over on the roadside, vehicle roll-over on a slope and...

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