An overview of car occupant fatalities in the European countries George Yannis Alexandra Laiou Katerina Folla Dimosthenis Pavlou Robert Bauer Klaus Machata Christian Brandstaetter Pete Thomas Alan Kirk 2134/22247 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. 2016-08-11 10:39:16 untagged Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified