FORECAST OF ACCIDENT RATES AND ANNUAL MILEAGES - RESULTS FOR 1978

PROGNOSE VON UNFALLANZAHLEN UND JAHRESFAHRLEISTUNGEN - ERGEBNISSE 1978 -

MONTHLY ACCIDENT FIGURES UP TO AND INCLUDING JULY 1978 SERVED AS A BASIS FOR FORECASTING TOTAL ACCIDENTS FOR 1978 AS COMPARED WITH 1977. FORECAST VALUES SHOWED A GENERAL INCREASE IN ANNUAL VEHICLE MILEAGE, THE HIGHEST INCREASE BEING ON MOTORWAYS. ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE INVOLVEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS, MOFAS, CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS; A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE MOPED/MOFA GROUP IS FORECAST. AS REGARDS ACCIDENTS WITH SEVERE MATERIAL DAMAGE, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE INVOLVEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (NOT INCLUDING MOTORCYCLES). COMPARED WITH 1977 THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES WILL DECREASE OVERALL, ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)

    Brüderstraße 53
    Bergisch Gladbach,   Germany  51427
  • Authors:
    • BRUEHNING, E
    • HEIDEMANN, D
  • Publication Date: 1978-12

Language

  • German

Media Info

  • Pagination: 8P

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01289175
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:39AM