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Characteristics and causes of heavy goods vehicles and buses accidents in Europe
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posted on 2016-06-09, 10:42 authored by Petros Evgenikos, George Yannis, Katerina Folla, Robert Bauer, Klaus Machata, Christian Brandstaetter, Pete Thomas, Alan KirkAlan KirkWhile Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) and buses account for just a small proportion of the vehicle fleet or the total vehicle kms
travelled in the EU, they are over-involved in severe road accidents, creating a significant need to better understand the
characteristics specific to this vehicle group. In 2013, more than 4.500 persons were killed in road traffic accidents involving HGVs
or bus/coach in EU, constituting almost 18% of all road accident fatalities for that year. The objective of this research is the analysis
of basic road safety parameters related to HGV and buses/coaches in European countries, by the use of the EU CARE database
with disaggregate data on road accidents, as well as of other international data sources. Time-series data on road accidents involving
HGVs and buses/coaches for 27 EU countries over a period of 10 years are correlated with basic safety parameters, such as area
type, season of the year, casualty age and gender, as well as the day of the week. Additional insight into accident causation is
offered through analysis of a set of in-depth accident data from the EC SafetyNet project Accident Causation System. The results
of the analysis allow for an overall assessment of the HGV and buses/coaches safety level in Europe in comparison to other modes
of transport, thus providing useful support to decision makers working for the improvement of safety in the European road network.
Funding
This paper is based on work carried out by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) and the European Union Road Federation (ERF) for the European Commission DG Mobility and Transport, updating work carried out within the SafetyNet (The European Road Safety Observatory) and DaCoTA (Data Collection Transfer and Analysis) projects of the 6th and 7th (respectively) Framework Programs for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration of the European Commission.
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Transport Research Arena - 6th European Transport Research ConferenceCitation
EVGENIKOS, P. ... et al., 2016. Characteristics and causes of heavy goods vehicles and buses accidents in Europe. Presented at: 6th European Transport Research Conference, Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland, 18-21 April 2016.Publisher
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