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ETAC

European Truck Accident Causation

Project details
Domain	Accidentology
Duration	from 05/2004 until 09/2006
Website
Other sources	Executive Summary (446 kB) Final Report (8,44 MB) Questionnaire (3,10 MB) Manuel (5,45 MB)

Only limited statistics are available regarding accidents involving trucks and even less is known about the cause of these accidents. To fill in this lack of knowledge, the European Commission and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) launched a unique scientific study, the European Truck Accident Causation (ETAC) study.

The aim of the study is to identify the main causes of accidents involving trucks. This information can be used to give guidance to policy and decision makers for future action which can contribute to the improvement of road safety.

Coordinator
IRU - International Road Transport Union (CH)
Partners
CEESAR - Centre Européen d’Etudes sur les Accidents et l’analyse des Risques (FR) CEMEK - Centre for Element and Structure Modelling (SI) Centre for Automotive Research and Development (ES) DEKRA - Safety in Knowledge (DE) IdB - Institute for Vehicle security (HU) Applus+ IDIADA (ES) REGES (ES) TNO - Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (NL)