The SINUS Report 2018
1111 people were seriously or fatally injured on Swiss roads in 2017 due to distracted drivers. A similar number of accidents were caused by failure to give way. Excessive speed and alcohol also continue to be among the main causes of serious accidents. The SINUS Report 2018 from the bfu - Swiss Council for Accident Prevention provides an overview.
In 2017, there were 230 accidents on Swiss roads Traffic fatalities and 3654 serious injuries. The recently published SINUS Report 2018 (Safety level and road traffic accidents) from the bfu shows that behavioral errors still cause the majority of serious road accidents.
Distraction: three serious injuries every day
Inattentive or distracted road users are often responsible for accidents with serious injuries or fatalities on Swiss roads - on average there are three serious injuries every day as a result. Distraction is not a gender-specific phenomenon: it is equally common among men and women who cause accidents. However, there are differences according to age group: Among 18- to 24-year-olds plays Distraction play a significantly greater role than with older drivers.
Almost as many serious accidents occur due to failure to give way - this is another reason why there are around three serious injuries per day. In fact, it is the most common cause of accidents in built-up areas. Drivers are responsible for 75 % of serious accidents caused by failure to give way. The victims of failure to give way are - in addition to motorcyclists and cyclists Cyclists - pedestrians in the first place: around 40 % of the people fatally injured as a result were on foot. This proportion is even higher in built-up areas. Excessive speed causes two serious personal injuries per day, alcohol consumption one per day. These two causes of accidents are therefore slightly less frequent, but alcohol and speeding accidents have significantly more serious consequences and are more often fatal.
Influence behavior
The majority of accidents can therefore be attributed to behavioral errors. In contrast, defects in vehicles or infrastructure play a subordinate role according to accident logging by the police. Infrastructure defects in particular are rarely the cause of accidents, but have great potential for prevention. In order to risky behavior To curb road accidents and optimize the infrastructure, the experts at the bfu rely on campaigns, training and advice - based on the latest results of accident and prevention research. One important finding is that an optimal road infrastructure has a positive influence on people's behavior on the roads, for example through comprehensible speed limits. The same applies to technical achievements such as intelligent driver assistance systems.
Go to SINUS Report 2018
