Road safety and the causes of road accidents in Poland

• Autorzy: Gorzelanczyk Piotr , Jurkovič Martin , Skibińska Justyna , Kalina Tomáš

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.20858/tp.2022.17.3.02

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The number of road traffic accidents in the world has been increasing. This is mainly related to the constant increase in road traffic. The aim of this article is to examine the causes of road accidents in Poland in terms of road traffic safety. For this purpose, road incidents that occurred in Poland were analysed. In order to verify the presented statistical data on the state of safety in Poland, a survey was carried out to indicate the factors that most often cause traffic accidents. Possibilities for increasing the efficiency of traffic safety and an evaluation of the level of safety in vehicles were also part of the survey. The results showed that the state of RS, in the opinion of the respondents, is poor. The respondents correctly indicated the most frequent causes of road accidents, which confirms their knowledge in the field of road safety. The survey also showed that the activities of the police nd programmes for increasing safety need improvement. According to the respondents, the actions that should be taken to improve safety are, first of all, the improvement of the technical condition of roads and the modernisation of road infrastructure. In addition, the survey showed that most men are car drivers, while women primarily travel on foot; the results also showed that the knowledge of RS is better among women.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

road traffic; road accident; road safety

PL

ruch drogowy; wypadek drogowy; bezpieczeństwo drogowe

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Transport Problems
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: T. 17, z. 3
• Strony: 17--30
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 37 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Gorzelanczyk Piotr

• Stanislaw Staszic University of Applied Sciences in Pila; Podchorazych 10, 64-920 Pila, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0001-9662-400X

autor

Jurkovič Martin

• University of Žilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Water Transport; Univerzitná 8215, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7673-1350

autor

Skibińska Justyna

• Stanislaw Staszic University of Applied Sciences in Pila; Podchorazych 10, 64-920 Pila, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6596-624X

autor

Kalina Tomáš

• University of Žilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Water Transport; Univerzitná 8215, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0564-086X

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).