Accident Risk Analysis of Road Accidents Involving Personal Injury

Abstract

In both the European Union Member States and Hungary, a large number of people are killed in road traffic accidents. Reducing road collisions, personal injuries, and fatalities is a priority. To get an accurate picture of the situation, it is necessary to know the accident statistics of the European Union and the main EU directives that define a Safe Transport System. We then review the road safety situation in Hungary, using data from 2017 to 2020. In preparing the statistical overview, particular attention will be paid to the spatial distribution of severity, over time and by county, the distribution of accident participants by type of transport, the characteristics of the persons involved in the accident, the causes of the accidents and the distribution by type of accident. The analysis includes an explanation of the variables related to the vehicles involved in the accident and the causes of accidents related to human factors.