TRANSPORTPROBLEMS2016Volume11Issue1PROBLEMYTRANSPORTUDOI:10.20858/tp.2016.11.1.9roadaccidents;roadsafety;statisticalanalyses;in-depthinvestigationonroadKatarzynaSICINSKA*,AnnaZIELINSKAMotorTransportInstituteJagiellońska80,03-301Warsaw,Poland*Correspondingauthor.E-mail:katarzyna.sicinska@its.waw.plIN-DEPTHINVESTIGATIONONSCENEOFANACCIDENT–PILOTSTUDYOFDaCoTA(ROADSAFETYDATA,COLLECTIONTRANSFERANDANALYSIS)PROJECTSummary.Thearticlepresentstheprocedureofin-depthinvestigationon-siteofanaccidentdatacollectiondevelopedwithintheprojectDaCoTA(7thEUFrameworkProgramme).MotorTransportInstitute(MTI)participatedinapilotstudytotestpracticalusageofproposedmethodology.Thepaperpresentsprocedure,scopeofcollecteddata,analysisandtheresultsofresearchcarriedoutinPoland.AftertheendofDaCoTA,MTIcontinuesin-depthdatacollection&analysisofTwoPoweredWheel’saccidents(withmotorcyclists)asEUprojectnamedSaferWheels.POGŁĘBIONEBADANIANAMIEJSCUWYPADKU–PILOTAŻPROJEKTUDaCoTA(ROADSAFETYDATA,COLLECTIONTRANSFERANDANALYSIS)Streszczenie.Artykułprzedstawiaproceduręzbieraniadanychnamiejscuwypadku,opracowanąwramachprojektuDaCoTA(7RamowyprogramUE).InstytutTransportuSamochodowegouczestniczyłwpilotażumającymnacelusprawdzeniewpraktycezaproponowanejmetodologii.Wartykuleprzedstawionoprocedurę,zakreszbieranychdanychiichanalizęorazwynikibadańzrealizowanychwPolsce.KontynuacjąpracbadawczychwtymtemaciejestuczestnictwoITSwkolejnychprojektachpogłębionychanalizwypadkówzudziałemmotocyklistówwUniiEuropejskiej(projektSaferWheels).1.THESTATEOFROADSAFETYINPOLAND–THESCALEOFTHEPROBLEMCOMPAREDTOEUCOUNTRIESRoadSafetyisamajorsocietalissueonaglobalscale.In2013morethan30,000peoplediedontheroadsoftheEuropeanUnion.ForeverydeathonEurope'sroadsthereareanestimated4permanentlydisablinginjuriessuchasdamagetothebrainorspinalcord,8seriousinjuriesand50minorinjuries[1].ThethreatofroadaccidentsinPolandisforyearsveryhigh.FatalitiespermillioninhabitantsinPolanddespitethedownwardtrendcomparedtootherEuropeanUnioncountriesisoneofthehighest(Fig.1).Therewere87fatalitiespermillioninhabitantsinPolandin2013.TheaverageriskforEuropeanUnioncountrieswere51fatalitiesper1millioninhabitants(Fig.1)[2,3].88K.Sicinska,A.Zielinska9388878686848379656261616160585451514846434141363428282751ROLVPLHRLTLUBGELBECZPTEESIHUITATCYFRFISKMTIEDEESDKNLUKSEEUFatalitiesperMillioninhabitantsPOLANDUEFig.1.FatalitiespermillioninhabitantsbycountryinEUin2013[3]Rys.1.Ofiaryśmiertelnewypadkówdrogowychna1mlnmieszkańcówwkrajachUEw2013r.[3]In2013thethreatonPolishroadsdecreased[4,5].Incomparisonwith2012:•thenumberofroadaccidentsdecreasedfrom37046to35847(-3%),•thenumberoffatalitiesdecreasedfrom3571to3357(-6%),•thenumberofinjureddecreasedfrom45792to44059(4%),•thenumberofseriouslyinjureddecreasedfrom12046to11672(-3%).Withinthepast10years,i.e.since2004(Fig.2)hasdecreased:•thenumberofaccidentsby30%,•thenumberoffatalitiesby40%,•thenumberofinjuredby31%,includingthedecreaseamongseriouslyinjuredby33%.In10yearsperiodoftimethenumberofvehiclesinthePolandhasincreasedby62%[5].Fig.2.RoadfatalitiesinPoland2004-2013[5]Fig.2.OfiaryśmiertelnewPolscewlatach2004-2013[5]In-Depthinvestigationonsceneofanaccident…89Withtheexceptionofaslightincreaseinthenumberofvictimsin2011,downwardtrendhasmaintainedsince2008.Despitebeingoptimistic,thesechangeshavenotmettheobjectivesoftheNationalRoadSafetyProg...