PROMETNE NESREĆE MLADIH VOZAČA U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ I NEKE OD MOGUĆIH MJERA PREVENCIJE
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OF YOUNG DRIVERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND SOME OF THE POSSIBLE PREVENTION MEASURES

Summary/Abstract: In order to plan and take measures to prevent the occurrence of traffic accidents, which from year to year claim more and more victims in the world, it is necessary to monitor and analyse their characteristics. Although a relatively small number of traffic accidents have unequivocal characteristics (place, types, causes, types of vehicles, age of participants, etc.), their statistical processing provides data on the basis of which it is possible to plan prevention measures. From these indicators, it can be seen that young drivers are one of the most vulnerable groups in traffic and more frequent causes of traffic accidents. In Germany, young people are at twice the risk of injury or death in accidents than the general population, while in France, young drivers make up about 9% of the driving population and a fifth of all road accident fatalities. In the period from 2011 to 2021, young drivers in the Republic of Croatia caused 44,134 traffic accidents or 12.02% of the total in that period (366,991), and of the total number of traffic accidents caused by young drivers, 467 of them had participants died as a result, and 630 participants died in these accidents. In the Republic of Croatia, 3,616 participants were killed in traffic accidents in the observed period, so those killed in accidents caused by young drivers make up 17.42% of all fatalities. The paper provides an overview of research into the state of safety in road traffic with regard to young drivers for a multi-year period and a proposal for possible measures to prevent the same from happening.

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