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Accident Analysis & Prevention

Accident Analysis & Prevention provides wide coverage of accidental injury and damage, including pre-injury and immediate post-injury phases. It publishes medical, legal, economic, educational, behavioral, theoretical, and empirical work on transportation accidents and accidents at other sites, including studies of human, environmental, and vehicular factors, countermeasures, biomechanics, modelling and statistical analysis of accident data, and safety policy, planning, and decision-making.

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Subject Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Impact Factor 6.2
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0001-4575
eISSN 1879-2057
Invitation Only No
Cost Range USD 3940 APC for open access; no open access publication fee for subscription publication.

Submission Instructions

Accident Analysis & Prevention accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required for Research Articles. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be concise and factual.
Manuscript Article must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections, and the abstract must not be included within the section numbering. Manuscript must include highlights submitted as a separate editable file with 3 to 5 bullet points of no more than 85 characters each, a declaration of any generative AI use placed in a new section before the references, and 1 to 7 keywords in English.
References References must be cited in the text using numbers in square brackets. References must be numbered in the order they appear in the article, any cited reference must appear in the reference list and vice versa, entries must include core bibliographic details, journal names must use LTWA abbreviations, and references cited in the abstract must be given in full.
Figures & Tables Figures must be supplied as separate files along with the manuscript, and tables must be submitted as editable text. Figures and tables must be cited in the manuscript text, numbered consecutively in order of appearance, and provided with captions, with table notes placed below the table body.
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Recent Publications

Merging behavior under varying work zone sign scenarios: A heterogeneity-based analysis

Xintong Yan, Yuanchang Xie, Zubin Bhuyan, Boyang Xiang, Guanhe Wu, Mohammadali Shirazi

10.1016/j.aap.2026.108614
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Human–automation interaction shapes safety performance across automation levels in safety–critical scenarios

Detong Qin, Jiajie Shen, Zijian He, Quan Li, Qian Di, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhangsong Zhan, Huili Yu, Bingbing Nie

10.1016/j.aap.2026.108610
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MRISce: an interactive autonomous driving test scenario generation method based on multi-agent reinforcement learning

Jiwei Li, Runmin Wang, Yu Zhu, Mengying Zhang, Xiangmo Zhao

10.1016/j.aap.2026.108611
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TRIDENT: A multi-task, triple-branch deep learning framework for EEG-based recognition, severity estimation, and future high-anger prediction in an on-road Wizard-of-Oz paradigm

Yuchen Guo, Zhenhai Gao, Tianyao Zhang, Liyun Deng, Jiaxue Cai, Hongwei Xiao

10.1016/j.aap.2026.108613
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Scenario and leading vehicle-dependent car-following behaviors and risks: a real-world comparison of automated and human-driven vehicles

Lianzhu Sun, Xiaomei Zhao, Penghui Li

10.1016/j.aap.2026.108612
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

26 days from submission to first decision; 64 days from submission to decision after review; 143 days from submission to acceptance; 9 days from acceptance to online publication.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access APC: USD 3940 excluding taxes. Subscription publication: no open access publication fee.

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Research Topics

Traffic and Road Safety Urban Transport and Accessibility Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Occupational Health and Safety Research Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Older Adults Driving Studies Safety Warnings and Signage Traffic control and management Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Risk and Safety Analysis Human auditory perception and evaluation Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Transportation Planning and Optimization Educational Robotics and Engineering Vehicle emissions and performance Legal and Regulatory Analysis Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Military Technology and Strategies Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Agriculture and Farm Safety Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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