01133881

Component

http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/161810.aspx

European statistics in general and crash data are difficult to compare internationally. There are many reasons underlying this difficulty: national, cultural, economic and societal development, history, political systems, legislation, etc. Therefore any overview of the European situation lacks representativeness in one way or another. At the same time a selection of European Union (EU) countries is problematic because several countries do not yet collect statistics in a comparable manner and some do not deliver the relevant data to the EU. Therefore, a valid and representative overview is hardly achievable. The goal of the EU - as documented in the European Road Safety Charter (Dublin 2004) - of reducing fatalities until 2010 by 50% was set not knowing when and which countries would have joined the EU by 2010. This, however, is only one of the reasons why the goal will most likely not be achieved although a highly significant progress is observable. With all these restraints, the goal in this paper is set on (1) depicting the situation of young impaired drivers in the EU and in selected member states, (2) whenever possible and meaningful differentiating between types of impairment, and (3) predominantly naming and describing selected best practice primary and secondary prevention measures.

01133870

English

pp 24-31

2009-6

Transportation Research Circular

Young Impaired Drivers: The Nature of the Problem and Possible Solutions

Web

Bibliography; Figures (3) ; Tables (1)

Best practices; Countermeasures; Drugged drivers; Drunk drivers; Impaired drivers; Teenage drivers

Europe; European Union countries

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

TRIS, TRB

Jul 15 2009 9:10PM

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