THE ROLE OF ACCIDENT ANALYSIS IN ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT: CASE STUDY NEAMT COUNTY

Ciprian-Sorin VLAD, Iulia-Ioana MIRCEA, Eugen ROSCA, Larisa IVASCU, Ben-Oni ARDELEAN

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The growing number of road accidents in Romania, combined with European pressure for a 25% reduction in road deaths by 2025 and a 50% reduction by 2030, underlines the importance of rigorous road safety management. Understanding the factors identified at local, regional and national level, as well as mitigating the specifics of accidents, is imperative for planning an appropriate strategy to control and reduce fatalities. This study aims to analyze the risk factors of road accidents in Neamt County, Romania, using statistical data obtained from the Romanian Police by applying the Haddon Matrix analysis framework. The present research analyzed 4444 accidents recorded in the period 2015-2020 in Neamt county, which were correlated with factors attributed to human factors, such as alcohol consumption, disregard of safety rules, mobile phone use, inexperience of drivers, and external factors, such as lack of road markings, inadequate road signage and lighting, meteorological aspects.

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