Citation

Hollo P, Kiss DS. J. Traffic Transp. Eng. (Valley Cottage, NY) 2015; 3(4): 247-253.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, David Publishing)

DOI

10.17265/2328-2142/2015.04.007

PMID

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Abstract

In the EU (European Union) in 2011, the number of the serious road injuries was more than 250,000 and the death tolls were 28,000. In the last period (between 2001 and 2011), the number of those who lost their lives as a result of road accident decreased ordinarily by 43% in the EU countries on average, whereas that of the seriously injured by 36%--in the light of these countries' own definitions differing from one another. The "MAIS3+" is the adopted common EU definition, that is all Grade-3 or above values according to the MAIS (maximum abbreviated injury scale). Although the definition seems professionally justified, further clarification is necessary in our view. For the years 2014 and 2015, the EU has already drawn up specific tasks for the member states. Since the Baltic States were particularly successful in the field of road safety in the last 10 years, it is certain that in the future they can do a lot in order to have the number of serious road accident victims significantly reduced and also internationally compared and assessed.

Language: en