Major Accidents in Transport Frequency, Long-Term Trends and Preventability

Store Ulykker i Transport: Hyppighet, Utviklingstrekk, Forebyggings-Muligheter

The report presents updated estimates of the long term expected number of major accidents in transport in Norway. A major accident is defined as any accident in which at least 5 people are killed, it is estimated that 1.8 major transport accidents can be expected to occur in Norway each year. The preventability of major accidents is discussed. There is no reason to believe that major accidents are more difficult to prevent than small accidents. Techniques for making tradeoff between the prevention of small accidents and the prevention of major accidents are discussed.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Text in Norwegian; English summary.
• Corporate Authors:

  Norwegian Institute of Transport Economics

  Gransesvingen 7, P.O. Box 6110, Etterstad
  Oslo,   Norway  N-0602
• Authors:
  • Elvik, R
  • Olsen, S F
• Publication Date: 2004-12

Language

• English
• Norwegian

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 66p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Crash severity; Prevention; Safety; Traffic crashes; Trend (Statistics)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01002425
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 82-480-0460-0
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 2005 7:50AM