<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the general characteristics of road transport safety in Poland over the years 2009-2019. The key objective of this study was to investigate the main factors of road accidents in Poland. Up till now, the number of road accidents has been analysed in detail on the basis of data on collisions from rear, side and frontal perspective. Moreover, in the article, statistics regarding the number of perpetrators of accidents by gender and age are summarized, as well as dynamics aspects of changes related to new passenger vehicles and trucks in Poland in 2009-2019 are indicated. As a result, the intensity of rear collisions rather than frontal collisions is apparent. Hence, an inconspicuous rear collision by not braking a speeding vehicle carries a risk of the upper cervical spine.</p></abstract>

The article presents the general characteristics of road transport safety in Poland over the years 2009-2019. The key objective of this study was to investigate the main factors of road accidents in Poland. Up till now, the number of road accidents has been analysed in detail on the basis of data on collisions from rear, side and frontal perspective. Moreover, in the article, statistics regarding the number of perpetrators of accidents by gender and age are summarized, as well as dynamics aspects of changes related to new passenger vehicles and trucks in Poland in 2009-2019 are indicated. As a result, the intensity of rear collisions rather than frontal collisions is apparent. Hence, an inconspicuous rear collision by not braking a speeding vehicle carries a risk of the upper cervical spine.

Analysis of the Causes of Vehicle Accidents in Poland in 2009-2019

Department of Automotive Engineering and Transport

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

{"article-title":"Analysis of the Causes of Vehicle Accidents in Poland in 2009-2019"}

The article presents the general characteristics of road transport safety in Poland over the years 2009-2019. The key objective of this study was to...

Analysis of the Causes of Vehicle Accidents in Poland in 2009-2019

Published Online: Nov 26, 2020

Page range: 76 - 87

Received: Oct 13, 2020

Accepted: Oct 26, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2020-0017

Keywords
Road accidents, collisions, road safety, passenger vehicle

© 2020 Emilia Szumska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of the Causes of Vehicle Accidents in Poland in 2009-2019

Published Online: Nov 26, 2020

Page range: 76 - 87

Received: Oct 13, 2020

Accepted: Oct 26, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2020-0017

KeywordsRoad accidents, collisions, road safety, passenger vehicle

© 2020 Emilia Szumska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Road accidents, collisions, road safety, passenger vehicle