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Effect of vehicle defects in road accidents
| 题名： | Effect of vehicle defects in road accidents |
| 责任者： | R W Cuerden, M J Edwards and M B Pittman |
| 关键词： | not available |
| 学科分类： | 交通运输安全 |
| 摘要： | All vehicles deteriorate in service and this can have an adverse impact upon safety and the environment. Roadworthiness testing exists to ensure that at least a minimum level of benefits in a vehicle’s original design and manufacture are retained in service. This study provides a high level overview of the likely impacts (if any) to road safety from changes to the MOT test frequency by vehicle age and time since last inspection. Two different theoretical models were developed and used to provide an estimate of the magnitude of the number of accidents and casualties which may occur annually due to less frequent MOT testing. Reducing the frequency of testing for newer vehicles will have adverse road safety consequences, but these would be substantially greater for older vehicles as the data presented in this report already indicates their high MOT failure rates. Although the theoretical models are not ideal, largely due to a lack of data upon which assumptions have been based, they consistently indicated an increase in accidents and casualties. However, it must be stressed that these are estimates only and further work would be required before a genuine quantification of the scale of these adverse road safety impacts will be known. |
| 出版机构： | Transport Research Laboratory |
| 提交日期： | 12 April 2011 |
| 总页数： | 104 |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
| 资源类型： | 科技（咨询、行业）报告 |
| 初始创建时间： | 12 April 2011 |
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