ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE ELDERLY POPULATION IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

SUDJELOVANJE STARIJE POPULACIJE U PROMETNIM NESRECAMA NA TERITORIJI SR HRVATSKE

The article studies the involvement of the elderly population (over 65 years of age) in road traffic accidents in Croatia and compares these figures with the proportion of elderly people in the population (4700000). The study has disclosed that the highest casualty rates are among pedestrians but also that old people do not get involved in road traffic accidents as often as young people. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Istrazivacki Centar za Medicinu i Psihologiju

  Sarengradska 3
  41000 Zagreb, Croatia,   Yugoslavia 
• Authors:
  • Defilipis, B
  • Jelcic, I
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• Croatian

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 95-100
• Serial:
  • Covjek i Promet
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1/2
  • Publisher: Istrazivacki Centar za Medicinu i Psihologiju
  • ISSN: 0350-8765

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Crashes; Pedestrians; Statistics; Traffic
• Geographic Terms: Yugoslavia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1746: Old people; 1733: Pedestrian; 6555: Statistics; 755: Traffic; 8128: Yugoslavia
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493364
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM