Open AccessAssessment of the rate of accidents on Polish roads
Author(s) -
Edyta Zielińska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
autobusy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-7725
pISSN - 1509-5878
DOI - 10.24136/atest.2019.133
Subject(s) - traffic accident , accident (philosophy) , transport engineering , forensic engineering , road traffic accident , engineering , road traffic , philosophy , epistemology
The content of the article consists of information on the rate of road accidents on Polish roads in 2016 -2018. Moreover, it presents data about effects of accident rate in our country, i.e. information about casualties of such traffic accidents, resulting in death or injury. The major causes of the accident rate were listed such as failure to yield the right of way, speeding and driving under influence of alcohol. Additionally, this paper shows how the situation regarding traffic accidents and accident casualties developed in the largest Polish city in the recent years.