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An overview of car occupant fatalities in the European countries
conference contribution
posted on 2016-08-11, 10:39 authored by George Yannis, Alexandra Laiou, Katerina Folla, Dimosthenis Pavlou, Robert Bauer, Klaus Machata, Christian Brandstaetter, Pete Thomas, Alan KirkAlan KirkCar 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.
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7th Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR), Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, June 2016Citation
YANNIS, G. ...et al., 2016. An overview of car occupant fatalities in the European countries. Presented at the 7th Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR), Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, June 9-10th.Publisher
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