Drivers age and traffic accidents in Lithuania

Sadauskas, Vigilijus

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Drivers age and traffic accidents in Lithuania

Details

Publication Type (CRIS)

Straipsnis konferencijos medžiagoje Web of Science duomenų bazėje / Article in conference proceedings in Web of Science database (P1a1)

Publication Type (eLABa)

Straipsnis konferencijos darbų leidinyje Web of Science DB / Article in conference proceedings Web of Science DB (P1a)

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Sadauskas, Vigilijus	Automobilių inžinerijos katedra / Department of Automobile Engineering (0745)

Title

Drivers age and traffic accidents in Lithuania

[en]

V. Sadauskas

Is part of

Transport Means - 2011: proceedings of the 15th international conference, October 20-21, 2011, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

Published In

Year	Start Page	End Page
2011	153	155

Publisher

Kaunas : Technologija

Referenced in Database(s)(DBs)

Conference Proceedings Citation Index

SCOPUS

Extent

p. 153-155

URI

URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14911/131215

Cited references

Science / Art Area

Technologijos mokslai / Technological sciences (T)

Field of Science / Art

Transporto inžinerija / Transport engineering (T003)

Keywords (en)

Abstract (en)

The paper presents an investigation of driver’s age and traffic accidents in Lithuania. The results of many countries show that drivers under 19 years make 2-3 times greater risk to be participants of accidents than the middle-aged drivers, estimated is that 25-26 year old drivers is not a special threat. The drivers are frequently speeding, do not choose a safe driving speed, break maneuvering and traffic rules, are not able to properly evaluate situation and road conditions, they take improper, delayed or untimely actions, show disrespect towards other road users. The main ways to understand the basic problems is to analyze accidents and to analyze the things that contribute to driving improvement.