1INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH SWOV, THE NETHERLANDS
This paper gives a review of real-accident studies in general, the required efforts, the problems and the benefits.
Examples of specific studies from different countries of the world are mentioned and some of their characteristics are compared, both in terms of organisation and of results.
Though much of the data used in this paper are based on various literature, only in specific cases references are given.
Emphasis will be laid on so called crash accident studies, of which a definition will be given.