Road Truck Accident Rate in Terms of Major Causes: A Case Study

• Published in: Periodica polytechnica. Transportation engineering Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 260 - 266
• Main Author: Hanzl, Jiří
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Budapest Periodica Polytechnica, Budapest University of Technology and Economics 01.07.2025
• Subjects: Case studies; Driving conditions; Questionnaires; Roads & highways; Traffic accidents; Traffic accidents & safety; Traffic safety
• ISSN: 0303-7800; 1587-3811
• DOI: 10.3311/PPtr.38721

The aim of this paper is to familiarize the reader with a case study of the main causes of road trucks' (RT) accidents on roads by applying analytical methods and a questionnaire survey. In the introductory part of the paper, the theoretical foundations in the field of road safety from the view of road infrastructure and vehicle construction, which are applied nowadays to prevent and minimize the severity of traffic accidents, are briefly described. Subsequently, the above-mentioned issues are applied in a real environment, when, based on the analysis of registered traffic accidents of RT and a questionnaire survey among professional drivers, the main causes of these accidents were identified and measures were proposed, including the possibility of their implementation in real traffic conditions. In the final part of the paper, a short evaluation of the variants of measures is carried out in terms of the expected impact on the accident rate.