ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN EUROPE

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPARISON OF ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE DISCUSSED (ELAPSING OF UP TO 30 DAYS IN WHICH AN INJURED PERSON MAY DIE AND BE COUNTED AS A FATALITY; NON-STANDARD DEFINITION OF ACCIDENT CAUSES ETC). IT IS STATED THAT DESPITE THESE DIFFICULTIES, AN INCREASE IN FATALITIES AND PERMANENT INJURIES CAN BE DETERMINED. TABLES SHOW THE OCCURRENCE OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES IN 20 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES RELATED TO 1000 PERSONS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS DURING THE PERIOD 1955-1973. TRENDS ARE GIVEN FOR COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST ACCIDENT RATES AND THOSE HAVING A CONSTANT RATE. FOR 14 COUNTRIES THE AGE DISTRIBUTION OF INJURED ROAD USERS IS PRESENTED FOR 1972 AND 1973 AND COMPARED WITH THE YEARS 1965-1973. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE NUMBERS OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES INVOLVING MOPEDS AND CAR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS HAVE INCREASED.

• Authors:
  • BRZEZINSKI, Z J
• Publication Date: 1975-8-25

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 20P
• Serial:
  • CONFERENCE ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, VIENNA, 4-7 NOVEMBER 1975
  • Volume: ICP/SHS 041/7B
  • Publisher: World Health Organization

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Drivers; Fatalities; Injuries; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Statistics
• Geographic Terms: Austria; Europe
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8007: Austria; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 8034: Europe; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01306922
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 11:01AM