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<p>The article presents basic definitions related to road accidents and types of tests carried out in the field of road accidents. The effects of road accidents on participants, drivers as well as social and direct costs of road accidents were discussed. The correct conduct of people involved in a road accident (incident) was presented. In the research part, the most common causes of accidents in Poland were analysed. Particular attention was paid to the participation in accidents of participants under the influence of alcohol. The article ends with a discussion on the presented research results and the resulting conclusions as well as a proposal for preventive actions to reduce the number of road accidents.</p>
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The article presents basic definitions related to road accidents and types of tests carried out in the field of road accidents. The effects of road accidents on participants, drivers as well as social and direct costs of road accidents were discussed. The correct conduct of people involved in a road accident (incident) was presented. In the research part, the most common causes of accidents in Poland were analysed. Particular attention was paid to the participation in accidents of participants under the influence of alcohol. The article ends with a discussion on the presented research results and the resulting conclusions as well as a proposal for preventive actions to reduce the number of road accidents.

Transport Safety in Road Traffic - The Condition and Preventive Measures as Assessed by the Respondents

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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The article presents basic definitions related to road accidents and types of tests carried out in the field of road accidents. The effects of road accidents...

Transport Safety in Road Traffic - The Condition and Preventive Measures as Assessed by the Respondents

Published Online: Dec 31, 2022

Page range: 67 - 75

Received: Nov 18, 2021

Accepted: Mar 29, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2022-0008

Keywords
traffic safety, road incident, road accident, safety prevention

© 2022 Mariusz Sroka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Transport Safety in Road Traffic - The Condition and Preventive Measures as Assessed by the Respondents

Published Online: Dec 31, 2022

Page range: 67 - 75

Received: Nov 18, 2021

Accepted: Mar 29, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2022-0008

Keywordstraffic safety, road incident, road accident, safety prevention

© 2022 Mariusz Sroka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
traffic safety, road incident, road accident, safety prevention