Global's product reduces backing accidents by 80%

Please note, the name of the company in this case study has been redacted due to change in ownership.

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In March 2016, 20 auto manufacturers agreed to make automatic braking technology standard on all vehicles by 2022.

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Police say the truck was backing up when it hit the woman, and investigators are looking into the possibility that the woman fell prior to the accident, making it virtually impossible for the driver to see her.

A female pedestrian died after being run over by a trash truck as it was backing up on a street in Beverly Grove Thursday, authorities said. Paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived at the scene a short time later and pronounced her dead.

In the early morning of April 21, Harry Charles Scott was driving on Crawfordville Highway when he collided with the garbage truck, which backed into his lane after pulling out of a driveway.

The impact smashed the front of Scott's vehicle and caused it to catch fire.

5-year-old girl fatally struck by garbage truck...As the truck was reversing out, a witness says the girl rode her bicycle out of a driveway and toward the truck. The truck was equiped with a camera and was using a spotter.

In October 2006, a 28-year-old labourer was backed over by a tack truck while working as a flagger
on an asphalt resurfacing job in a residential roadway work zone.

"The back up alarm on the compactor was working
properly and the operator stated that he looked through both the rear and side mirrors before he
began backing up but did not see the victim in his path."

On January 29, 2002, a 34-year-old roadway construction worker (the victim) was killed when he was backed over by a dump truck.

A retired Tampa school teacher was walking in the area of Aegean Drive and Davis Boulevard when she was hit by the truck, which was backing up at the time.

The refuse truck operator applied the brakes but was not able to stop the truck before
it ran over the victim.

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LA Sanitation truck backing into the alley to empty trash ... didn't see David sitting on the ground and ran over him, even though the truck had five cameras on it -- including one in the front and one in the back, according to the Sanitation Department.

Amazon’s AI Cameras Are Punishing Drivers for Mistakes They Didn’t Make

“It’s consistently beeping at drivers all day long. This creates a massive distraction to drivers on the road, and it creates a massive workload for delivery companies to review video.”

To date, at least 17 fatal incidents have occurred relating to the solid waste industry in the U.S. and Canada in 2019

"Working 10- to 14-hour days, six days per week, means that no one is ever anything close to rested."

Houston, Texas

$10 million settlement

65-year-old man was run over and killed by a garbage truck in 2020

The truck had a backup camera.

“My understanding is the backup cameras don’t show everything. They don’t show it all...”

On July 23, 2016, a 60-year-old male volunteer fire fighter died when he was struck by a tanker
backing into the bay at the fire station.

On December 2, 2012, a 45-year-old male volunteer fire fighter died when he was struck by a backing fire apparatus at the scene of a rural brush fire

A summary of a NIOSH fire fighter fatality investigation

Judy D. Spencer, a volunteer with more than 20 years of experience, was directing a Barker Fire Department rescue vehicle when it backed over her.

As car companies and even regulators increasingly lean on technology to make roads safer, the tepid success of the back-up camera is a red flag.

New tour routes, and fatigue are the most common causes of truck crashes. Speed and mechanical readiness also contribute to stopping time, which are the common causes of these accidents.

Each month, about five workers are killed and many more injured as a result of being hit or backed over by a construction vehicle.

Actual incidents of backovers are demonstrated through animation. This series was created by NIOSH’s Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program is a research program designed to identify and study fatal occupational injuries.

2015, NHTSA report

50 children are backed over in the U.S. every week – 48 are treated in hospital
emergency rooms and 2 die.

One out of four vehicle accidents can be attributed to poor backing techniques, according to the National Safety Council. The Council also found that backing accidents cause 15,000 injuries and 500 deaths per year.

National Safety Council report

Backovers and Backing Accidents

This report was presented to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Backing collisions: a study of drivers’ eye and backing behaviour using combined rear-view camera and sensor systems

NHTSA

An estimated
538,000 large trucks were involved in police-reported traffic
crashes nationwide during 2019.