PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andres, J.
AU  - Kratochvílová, S.
AU  - Křenek, J.
AU  - Rücker, J.
AU  - Poláčková, K.
AU  - Turošíková, B.
AU  - Frič, J.
AU  - Plánka, L.
AU  - Krtička, M.
TI  - Experience from In-depth Analysis of Road Accidents
DP  - 2012 Dec 1
TA  - Transactions on Transport Sciences
PG  - 171--178
VI  - 5
IP  - 4
AID - 10.2478/v10158-012-0019-y
IS  - 
AB  - Official road accident statistics are, in most countries, not sufficiently detailed to allow an in-depth analysis of accidents. In-depth studies try to provide a detailed reconstruction of events that lead to accidents and to identify the factors that caused injuries. According to Elvik (2010), the purpose of performing in-depth analyses of accidents is both to understand factors leading to accidents and to identify the best way to prevent accidents. In-depth studies of fatal accidents have a long history in Finland (VALT, 2004) and the United Kingdom (Staughton & Storie, 2000), but have more recently been introduced in Sweden (Sagberg & Assum, 2000) and Norway (Assum & Sørensen, 2010). In recent years, in-depth studies in Finland have focused on factors that influence the injury severity (Toivonen, 2006). Germany (Otte, 1994) and the Netherlands (Vollenhoven, 2001) also perform in-depth studies of accidents, as well as Denmark (Larsen, 2004).