In the course of the European Project TRACE (Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) an attempt was made to analyse the cause of road traffic accidents from a factors' point of view. By literature review the most important independent risk factors for traffic accidents were identified to be speed, alcohol intake, male gender, young age, cell phone use, and fatigue. However, the impact of an accident related factor also depends on its prevalence in traffic and accidents, respectively. Available to the Partners in the TRACE Project were different accident databases. Causally contributing factors found by accident investigations that are most often coded in accident databases are connected to unadapted speed and inattention. Taking into account the risk increase and the frequency of contribution to accidents the conclusion can be drawn that the most relevant factors for accident causation are: "alcohol", "speed", and "inattention and distraction".


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    Title :

    Relevant accident related factors : risk and frequencies of contributing to road traffic accidents


    Contributors:
    Schick, S. (author) / VanElslande, P. (author) / Dinges, C. (author) / Naing, C. (author) / Fouquet, K. (author) / Plaza, J. (author) / Page, Y. (author) / Hell, W. (author)

    Publication date :

    2012-08-02


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    DDC:    360



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