ROADACCIDENTINVESTIGATIONINTHEEUROPEANUNIONREVIEWANDRECOMMENDATIONSExpertGrouponAccidentsintheTransportSectorReportfromtheRoadSectorWorkingGrouptothePlenaryMay11th,20062ThisreporthasbeenpreparedbythefollowingmembersoftheRO-SAT(ROadStrategyforAccidentsinTransport)WorkingGroupwithintheGroupofExpertstoadvisetheCommissiononaStrategytoDealwithAccidentsintheTransportSector:JesusMonclus(Chairman)Lars-GöranLöwenadlerReinholdMaierLegalnoticebytheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities.ThisreportwasproducedbytheRO-SAT(ROadStrategyforAccidentsinTransport)WorkingGroupwithintheGroupofExpertstoadvisetheCommissiononaStrategytoDealwithAccidentsintheTransportSectorandrepresentstheviewoftheexpertsonimprovingroadaccidentinvestigationsinEurope.TheseviewshavenotbeenadoptedorinanywayapprovedbytheEuropeanCommissionandshouldnotberelieduponasastatementoftheEuropeanCommission’sortheviewsoftheDirectorateGeneralforEnergyandTransport.TheEuropeanCommissiondoesnotguaranteetheaccuracyofthedataincludedinthisreport,nordoesitacceptresponsibilityforanyusemadethereof.CoverpagephotographcourtesyofVTIV-GDV3TableofContentsEXECUTIVESUMMARY.....................................................................................................................5KEYREMARKS,CONCLUSIONSANDRECOMMENDATIONS...................................................7ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..................................................................................................................121.Background...................................................................................................................................131.1Mandate...............................................................................................................................131.2RoadGroupWorkingMethod.............................................................................................141.3Specialcharacteristicsofroadaccidents..............................................................................141.4Additionalsafetyinterventionsidentified............................................................................152.TheNeedforIndependentIn-DepthRoadAccidentInvestigations.............................................222.1Levelsofroadaccidentinvestigations.................................................................................222.2Thelimitsofaccidentstatistics............................................................................................232.3Thelimitsofpoliceandprivatereportsfor(intermediatelevel)investigations..................242.4Limitsofinvestigationsconductedbyroadauthorities.......................................................252.5Thedefinitionof“independence”appliedtoaccidentinvestigations..................................262.6Therelationshipbetweenjudicialandtechnicalinvestigations:TheUKMoU..................272.7Advantagesofindependentin-depthsafetyinvestigations..................................................283.IndependentIn-DepthandSpecialRoadAccidentInvestigationsatNationalLevel...................313.1TheSwedishapproach.........................................................................................................313.2TheGermanGIDASexample..............................................................................................323.3TheUKsystem................................
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