INJURIES FROM SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASHES AND SNOW DEPTH

Swedish official statistics on road traffic accidents shows a remarkable variability among different winter seasons in single-vehicle crashes resulting in personal injuries--one of the major causes of personal injury in road traffic. This study presents results from analyses investigating the role played by snow as an injury-reducing factor. The regression model specified implies, when applied to Swedish data, that an increase in snow depth by 1 cm--for snow depths less than 40 centimetres--reduces the number of crashes with occupant injury by 3 percent. This finding has implications for assessing trends in traffic safety through the use of routine statistics on motor vehicle occupant injuries and also shows that roadside design is a decisive factor in the generation of injury to the individual in single-vehicle crashes.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Brorsson, B
  • IFVER, J
  • Rydgren, H
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 367-377
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Injuries; Mathematical models; Regression analysis; Seasons; Single vehicle crashes; Snow; Winter
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Seasonal variations
• Old TRIS Terms: Personal injury
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00477568
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 811
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 30 1991 12:00AM