2134/22247 George Yannis George Yannis Alexandra Laiou Alexandra Laiou Katerina Folla Katerina Folla Dimosthenis Pavlou Dimosthenis Pavlou Robert Bauer Robert Bauer Klaus Machata Klaus Machata Christian Brandstaetter Christian Brandstaetter Pete Thomas Pete Thomas Alan Kirk Alan Kirk An overview of car occupant fatalities in the European countries Loughborough University 2016 untagged Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified 2016-08-11 10:39:16 Conference contribution https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/An_overview_of_car_occupant_fatalities_in_the_European_countries/9338798 Car occupants have a high level of mortality in road accidents, since passenger cars are the prevalent mode of transport. In 2013, car occupant fatalities accounted for 45% of all road accident fatalities in the EU. The objective of this research is the analysis of basic road safety parameters related to car occupants in the European countries over a period of 10 years (2004-2013), through the exploitation of the EU CARE database with disaggregate data on road accidents. Data from the EU Injury Database for the period 2005 - 2008 are used to identify injury patterns, and additional insight into accident causation for car occupants is offered through the use of in-depth accident data from the EC SafetyNet project Accident Causation System (SNACS). The results of the analysis allow for a better understanding of the car occupants’ safety situation in Europe, thus providing useful support to decision makers working for the improvement of road safety level in Europe.