Road safety conditions in Poland against a background of selected European Union countries

Grażyna Gidlewska; Mirosław Gidlewski; Leszek Jemioł

doi:10.2478/v10174-011-0030-9

Authors

Grażyna Gidlewska Radom Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Enginnering, Institute of Applied Mechanics, 26-600 Radom, ul. Krasickiego 54 Author
Mirosław Gidlewski Radom Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Enginnering, Institute of Vehicle and Machine Exploitation, 26-600 Radom, ul. Chrobrego 45 Author
Leszek Jemioł Radom Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Enginnering, Institute of Vehicle and Machine Exploitation, 26-600 Radom, ul. Chrobrego 45 Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/v10174-011-0030-9

Keywords:

road safety, accident road, road accident victims, road safety conditions

Abstract

Road safety conditions in Poland and five European Union countries bigger than Poland were described with the use of evaluation indexes usually applied in such studies. Values of these indexes were calculated for the period of 2002-2008, i.e. for a seven-year period. Thanks to this, they show quite stable direction of changes. Thus, they may be used to make predictions and to indicate actions aimed to improve road safety in next years.