RESPONSIBILITY OF PEDESTRIANS IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

VERANTWORTLICHKEIT DER FUSSGAENGER BEI VERKEHRSUNFAELLEN

SWISS ACCIDENT STATISTICS FOR 1973 AND 1974 ARE ANALYSED WITH RESPECT TO PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS. 30 PERCENT OF THOSE KILLED IN TRAFFIC AND 16 PERCENT OF THOSE INJURED WERE PEDESTRIANS. CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 5 AND 9 YEARS AND OLDER PEOPLE OVER 65 ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. THE BLAME FOR MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS LIES WITH THE CHILDREN, AND IN THE CASE OF OLDER PEOPLE 56 PERCENT ARE TO BLAME. IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN THE DRIVER IS TO BLAME IN ONLY 12 PERCENT OF CASES, WHEREAS IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ADULTS THE DRIVER IS TO BLAME IN ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF CASES. THE COVERING ABSTRACT FOR THE CONFERENCE IS IRRD NO 311057.

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• Authors:
  • KROMPECHER, T
  • FRYC, O
  • MICHELS, W
• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 150-6
• Monograph Title: KONGRESSBERICHT JAHRESTAGUNG 1979 DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FUER VERKEHRSMEDIZIN E.V., GEMEINSAM MIT DER DEUTSCHEN VERKEHRSWACHT E.V., 30. MAERZ BIS 1. APRIL 1979, KOELN
• Serial:
  • UNFALL U SICHERHEITSFORSCH STRASSENVERKEHR 21
  • Issue Number: 21
  • ISSN: 0341-5732

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Children; Conferences; Crash rates; Crash severity; Crashes; Drivers; Fatalities; Injuries; Pedestrians; Personality
• Uncontrolled Terms: Responsibility
• Geographic Terms: Switzerland
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1746: Old people; 1733: Pedestrian; 2264: Responsibility; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 8110: Switzerland
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01289274
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:42AM