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STUDY * Europe - Improve Road Safety? Target the Right User!
“European Truck Accident Causation” (ETAC): "75% of accidents involving trucks, are caused by other road users"Brussels,Belgium -TNN (UK) -30 April 2007: -- Scientific study, commissioned by the IRU and the EC, shows that 75% of accidents involving trucks, where human error is the key factor, are caused by other road users... The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the European Commission (EC), have just published a scientific study on “European Truck Accident Causation” (ETAC), identifying the main causes of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles in Europe. The ETAC study results show that human error, whether by the truck driver or another road user, is the main cause of 85.2% of accidents. However, among accidents linked to the human factor, 75% are caused by other road users versus 25% (NR: ONLY) by the truck driver. Other factors such as technical failures, infrastructure conditions and weather conditions comparatively play a minor role, representing 5.3%, 5.1% and 4.4% respectively of the principal causes of accidents... Therefore, upgraded driving school programmes, helping to understand the manoeuvring of trucks, would significantly improve road safety...
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