Experience from In-depth Analysis of Road Accidents

Official road accident statistics are, in most countries, not sufficiently detailed to allow an in-depth analysis of accidents. In-depth studies try to provide a detailed reconstruction of events that lead to accidents and to identify the factors that caused injuries. According to Elvik (2010), the purpose of performing in-depth analyses of accidents is both to understand factors leading to accidents and to identify the best way to prevent accidents. In-depth studies of fatal accidents have a long history in Finland (VALT, 2004) and the United Kingdom (Staughton & Storie, 2000), but have more recently been introduced in Sweden (Sagberg & Assum, 2000) and Norway (Assum & Sørensen, 2010). In recent years, in-depth studies in Finland have focused on factors that influence the injury severity (Toivonen, 2006). Germany (Otte,1994) and the Netherlands (Vollenhoven, 2001) also perform in-depth studies of accidents, as well as Denmark (Larsen, 2004).

• Record URL:
  http://tots.cdv.cz/file/tots-2012-4/
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• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • ANDRES, J
  • Kratochvilova, S
  • Krenek, J
  • Ruecker, J
  • Polackova, K
  • Turosikova, B
  • FRIC, J
  • Planka, L
  • Krticka, M
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 171-178
• Serial:
  • Transactions on Transport Sciences
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Czech Ministry of Transport
  • ISSN: 1802-971X
  • Serial URL: https://tots.upol.cz/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; High risk locations; Human factors; Infrastructure; Injuries; Safety; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure
• Geographic Terms: Czech Republic
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1663: Accident black spot; 8158: Czech Republic; 2257: Human factor; 2163: Injury; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic; 1055: Transport infrastructure
• Subject Areas: I80: Accident Studies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01482726
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Centre (CDV)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 21 2013 8:28AM