FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OF CHILDREN IN ZURICH 1950-1966 /IN GERMAN/

ZURICH HAS A POPULATION OF ROUGHLY 400,000, OF WHICH ABOUT 70,000 ARE CHILDREN AGED 1 TO 14. PER ANNUM SOME 2,400 PERSONS ARE INJURED OR KILLED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. AMONG THE CAUSES OF DEATH OF CHILDREN, ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TAKE THE FOURTH PLACE AFTER HOME ACCIDENTS, TUMOURS AND DISPLASIA. THE 73 FATAL ACCIDENTS OF CHILDREN WHICH HAPPENED BETWEEN 1950 AND 1966 ARE ANALYSED IN THE LIGHT OF LAW-COURT RECORDS, AND COMPARED WITH 1,000 NON-FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OF CHILDREN. CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN FROM STUDY OF THE FATAL ACCIDENTS WHICH MAY ALSO APPLY TO THE OVERALL ACCIDENT OCCURENCE. DIRECT CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS ARE: MISCONDUCT OF THE CHILD, OF THE CUSTODIAN PERSON, OF THE DRIVER, IMPERFECTIONS OF VEHICLES AND ROADS. THE DIRECT CAUSES OF ACCIDENT CAN EASILY BE RECORDED BY SIMPLE DESCRIPTION. THE INDIRECT DEEPER CAUSES OF ACCIDENT CAN BE DISCOVERED ONLY WITH DIFFICULTIES. THE FOLLOWING INDIRECT CAUSES OF ACCIDENT WERE FOUND OUT: MISCONDUCT OF THE CUSTODIAN PERSON, 13 CASES; WRONG WAY OF ACTING OF THE DRIVER, 22 CASES; DEFECT VEHICLE, 1 CASE. FOOL-PROOF ROADS, POSSIBLE IN TECHNICAL RESPECTS, BUT NOT YET AVAILABLE, WOULD HAVE PREVENTED 43 ACCIDENTS. THE PROGRAM OF THE ACCIDENT-PREVENTION INCLUDES: CONSTRUCTION OF FOOL-PROOF VEHICLES AND ROADS, AND EDUCATION OF ALL TRAFFIC-PARTICIPANTS BY INSTRUCTORS, POLICE, AND BY LAW COURTS. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 101-106, TABS
• Corporate Authors:

  Voice of The Pedestrian Ii

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• Authors:
  • Kletzhandler, M
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Crash causes; Fatalities; Prevention; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223584
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 1971 12:00AM