Pinzke S, Lundqvist P
Department of Agricultural Biosystems and Technology, Division of Work Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 88, SE-230 53, Alnarp, Sweden.
J Agric Saf Health. 2004 May;10(2):121-6. doi: 10.13031/2013.16071.
The objective of this study was to reach a better understanding of accidents on Swedish roads involving slow-moving vehicles and to suggest ways of preventing such accidents. We analyzed accident data from a 5-year period (1992-1996) involving all types of farm vehicles as well as horses and horse-drawn vehicles. During each year of the period under investigation, slow-moving vehicles were involved in more than 250 traffic accidents on Swedish roads, and an average of 10 people were killed, 66 sustained serious injuries, and 192 sustained slight injuries. This was about 1.3% of all persons injured in traffic accidents in Sweden. The deaths and injuries mostly involved car drivers and passengers. Tractor drivers and unprotected road users (people walking or traveling by motorcycle, moped, or bicycle) also sustained serious injuries and deaths. Vehicles overtaking slow-moving vehicles from behind were the most common type of accident (30%), followed by turning accidents (27%), accidents at crossroads (26%), and with oncoming vehicles (17%). To strengthen the suggestions for improvement, a questionnaire was sent out to driving school teachers in Sweden. Subjects were asked about their experiences with farm vehicles on the roads and their suggestions for ways to increase traffic safety. Based on the accident data and the questionnaire responses, we developed several suggestions for reducing road accidents, including measures for making farm vehicles more visible, improvement of the training provided at driving schools, and information campaigns directed at drivers of farm vehicles and other road users. Further in-depth research is needed to analyze road accidents involving slow-moving vehicles and to test different intervention measures.
本研究的目的是更深入地了解瑞典道路上涉及慢速行驶车辆的事故情况，并提出预防此类事故的方法。我们分析了1992年至1996年这5年期间涉及各类农用车辆以及马匹和马车的事故数据。在调查所涉的每一年中，瑞典道路上有超过250起交通事故涉及慢速行驶车辆，平均有10人死亡、66人受重伤、192人受轻伤。这约占瑞典交通事故受伤总人数的1.3%。死亡和受伤人员大多是汽车司机和乘客。拖拉机司机以及未受保护的道路使用者（步行者或骑摩托车、助力车或自行车出行的人）也有严重伤亡。从后方超车慢速行驶车辆的事故是最常见的事故类型（30%），其次是转弯事故（27%）、十字路口事故（26%）和与对向车辆发生的事故（17%）。为了强化改进建议，我们向瑞典的驾校教师发放了一份问卷。询问了他们在道路上接触农用车辆的经历以及对提高交通安全方法的建议。基于事故数据和问卷回复，我们提出了若干减少道路事故的建议，包括提高农用车辆可见度的措施、改进驾校提供的培训以及针对农用车辆司机和其他道路使用者的宣传活动。需要进一步深入研究以分析涉及慢速行驶车辆的道路事故，并测试不同的干预措施。
