原文传递
Towards global standardisation - redefining fatalties.
| 题名： | Towards global standardisation - redefining fatalties. |
| 作者： | LOETTER-S (CSIR Transportek, South Africa) |
| 关键词： | CONFERENCE-; 8525-; ACCIDENT-; 1643-; STATISTICS-; 6555-; FATALITY-; 1602-; DEFINITION-; 8596-; TIME-; 5414-; ADMINISTRATION-; 0145-; SOUTH-AFRICA; 8103- |
| 摘要： | There is an ever-increasing tendency towards standardising principles, policies and practices worldwide. As far as the definition of a traffic accident fatality is concerned, however, there is still a large range of definitions currently in use by different countries. Some of the more common definitions include: immediate death and death within 24 hours of a traffic accident (Portugal), or death 3 days (Republic of Korea), 7 days (Italy), 30 days (most European countries) or 1 year (USA) after a traffic accident. Attempts have also been made to develop (universal) correction factors to allow for comparison amongst countries with different fatality definitions. However, applying such correction factors is problematic. The longer the period in which a traffic accident casualty dies after an accident, the greater the chance the cause of this death is not registered as being from a road traffic accident but rather from complications, which arose from the accident (e.g. pneumonia after fractured ribs sustained by a vehicle driver during an accident). The accuracy of fatality statistics is therefore diminished by longer-period definitions of traffic accident fatalities. In the light of the above-mentioned problems, this paper investigates the consequences of using the 6-day definition in South Africa, the merits of changing this definition to a 30-day definition, as well as the possible implications this is likely to have in terms of procedure and processes. For the covering abstract and the URL of the conference see ITRD E205670. (Author/publisher). |
| 总页数： | PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ROAD SAFETY ON THREE CONTINENTS IN PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, 20-22 SEPTEMBER 2000 (VTI KONFERENS 15A). 2001. (15A) pp355-362 (8 Refs.) |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
相关文献
- Collaboration between the public and private sectors in ITS standardisation. The GDF/RADEF success story.
- Lars Andersson Container Lashing
- Standardisation in urban traffic control.
- Gae eller Sykle. Fakta on Omfang, Sikkerhet og Miljoe (Walking or Cycling. Facts About Extent, Safety and Environmental Consequences)
- DIRECT: data integration requirements of European cities for transport.
- Port 2000 – Combining a port development scheme and an environmental project to begin rehabilitating the Seine Estuary : towards global management
检索历史
应用推荐
