HUMAN FACTORS IN FATAL MOPED ACCIDENTS

MENSCHLICHE FAKTOREN BEI TOEDLICHEN MOPEDUNFAELLEN

IN THE TIME BETWEEN 1.1.68 AND 31.3.75, 346 MOPED RIDERS KILLED IN DENMARK IN ROAD ACCIDENTS WERE EXAMINED FROM THE FORENSIC MEDICINE ASPECT. THE FILES FOR EACH CASE WERE ANALYSED PRIMARILY TO EVALUATE THE SIGNIFICANCE AND VALUE OF THE CRASH HELMET. THE HUMAN FACTORS CONCERNING SUCH ACCIDENTS ARE SET OUT. THE RIDERS COULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN GROUPS, THE 15 TO 17 YEAR-OLDS, THAT IS YOUTH BELOW THE AGE FOR A DRIVING LICENCE, AND THE OLDER RIDERS OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE. THE MAIN CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS WAS ALCOHOL. 26.2% OF THOSE RIDERS KILLED HAD MORE THAN 0.5 PROMILLE ALCOHOL IN THE BLOOD, THE OLDER GENERATION WERE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. THE RIDERS ARE GENERALLY TO BLAME THEMSELVES FOR THEIR DEATH, ALMOST 58% WERE SOLELY TO BLAME, ALMOST 15% WERE PARTLY TO BLAME. THE LOWER SOCIAL SECTORS DOMINATE IN THE DIVISION ACCORDING TO PROGRESSION. APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THOSE FATALLY KILLED WERE UNSKILLED WORKERS, A FIFTH WERE PENSIONERS. SENILITY, YOUTHFUL STUPIDITY, DRUNKENNESS WHEN RIDING AND LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND OF THEIR VEHICLE ARE THE PREVALENT FACTORS IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTOR-ASSISTED CYCLES.

  • Authors:
    • REICH, H
  • Publication Date: 1977-11

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  • German

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  • Accession Number: 01296609
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 6:00AM