SINGLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION IN ROAD TRAFFIC

This paper discusses the Dutch Transportation Safety Board and its activities in transportation safety. It emphasizes the Transportation Safety Board's efforts in the areas of road traffic safety. Characteristics of road traffic safety include: a heterogeneous population of drivers and motor vehicles; a deviant risk awareness; a majority of high probability, low consequence accidents; a limited extent of safety management systems; and limited learning through feedback. Single traffic accident investigation is presented as a possible aid in reducing traffic accidents. It may uncover underlying relationships and multiple causes. It may also halt fatalistic acceptance of current levels of injuries and fatalities. Victim organizations, such as the Dutch Association of Road Victims in The Netherlands, are also useful. These organizations have confronted the authorities and pushed for reforms in police investigation, emergency care, family care and judicial procedures.

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  Delft University Press

  11 Mijnbouwplein
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Stoop, J A
  • Kahan, J P
  • van Dorp, L
• Conference:
  • Second World Congress on Safety of Transportation: Imbalance between Growth and Safety?
  • Location: Delft, the Netherlands
  • Date: 1998-2-18 to 1998-2-20
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 552-560

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Drivers; Emergency medical services; Fatalities; Injuries; Judicial processes; Motor vehicles; Organizations; Police; Risk assessment; Roads; Safety management; Social service agencies; Traffic crash victims; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Victims
• Identifier Terms: Onderzoeksraad voor veiligheid (Netherlands)
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793858
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9040718520
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 2000 12:00AM