Projects / Programmes
Perspectives of increased safety on slovenian roads
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.07.00 |
Social sciences |
Criminology and social work |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S160 |
Social sciences |
Criminology |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 5.05 |
Social Sciences |
Law |
Traffic accidents, traffic and drivers control, punishment of petty offenses and criminal offenses, treatment of offenders, treatment of re-offenders
Researchers (2)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
29615 |
PhD Mojca Mihelj Plesničar |
Criminology and social work |
Researcher |
2018 - 2019 |
298 |
| 2. |
14313 |
PhD Dragan Petrovec |
Criminology and social work |
Head |
2018 - 2019 |
709 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Traffic accidents are referred to as accidents because they are not a planned, intentional activity. However, there is still a convincing majority of cases of criminal conduct, which are defined either as petty offences or criminal offences. Despite the low level of guilt (negligence and not intention), the consequences of such a behaviour are more severe than in all other crime in the social community. On average, the number of fatalities in traffic accidents exceeds ten times the number of murders in total. In assessing the damage suffered by the state as a result of all traffic accidents, the criteria for this assessment can not in any way cover all the damages. Beyond measurable are emotional wounds due to loss of loved ones, also due to their serious bodily injuries. But the very estimation of measurable damage in Slovenia goes to hundreds of millions of Euros annually.
The following conclusions of Slovenian government agencies (e.g. ARSO, AVP) can be summarized as follows: Despite the improvement of traffic safety, especially in the last ten years, the situation is still unacceptable and unsatisfactory, and significantly reduces the quality of life of our society. The most alarming road traffic situation is that the number of fatalities on the roads in the European Union is still high, while injuries in road accidents are the main cause of the health problems of the population up to 44 years of age. The consequences of road accidents also include high social costs, as they amounted to about 130 billion Euros in 2010 in the European Union (based on the statistical value of life calculated in the HEATCO study - the Sixth Framework Program for Research and Technological Development). In 2011, the estimated social costs of road accidents in Slovenia amounted to 636 million Euros, which represented 1.76% of gross domestic product. Road safety in the European Union as well as in Slovenia thus represents an important social issue (ReNPVCP13-22, 2013).
In the European Parliament's resolution of 27 September 2011 on road safety in Europe for the period 2011-2020, the European Parliament defined the quantitative targets that should be achieved by 2020, namely: 60% reduction of the number of fatalities in road accidents among children; reduction in the number of fatalities among pedestrians and cyclists by 50% and reduction of seriously injured persons by 40%.
The 2013 National Road Safety Program Resolution (2013-2012-2013) (ReNPVCP13-22, 2013) sets out, among the strategic objectives of the National Road Safety Program (in addition to the common goal of the Member States of the European Union to saving lives as much as possible by the end of 2020 and reducing by 50% the number of victims and seriously injured persons) also that the number of victims on Slovenian roads would not exceed 70 (35 persons per million inhabitants) and seriously physically injured persons would not exceed 460 (230 persons per million inhabitants) until the end in 2022 (ReNPVCP13-22, 2013)
Most European countries have achieved a reduction in the number of victims over the last fifteen years.
The European Environment Agency explains the causes of such movements (fewer casualties and more accidents and injuries) in new EU Member States (EEA, 2005) in improved vehicle technology and their higher safety standards; with higher quality roads, their design and road signage, and changes in legislation related to driving under the influence of alcohol and the introduction and implementation of stricter speed limits.
In order to achieve these objectives, a coherent integrated and integral approach is needed, taking into account the synergies of transport policy objectives, and in the field of road safety, the consistent implementation of road transport safety at all levels (from local to European and international). (cf.: http://kazalci.arso.gov.si/?data=indicator&ind_id=771).
The proposed p
Significance for science
The results may have an impact on changes to existing road safety concepts or practices. The concept of punishment can be changed, so instead of high penalties, the reliability and speed of response increase. Furthermore, the content of the work with violators may be changed. Instead of a classical approach based on learning, a change in behavioral patterns of delinquents becomes more important. Effective controls can be introduced to reduce prohibited behavior so that penalties are reduced. If behavioral patterns are found to be firmly anchored, and by this form the so-called part of a national character, more attention must be paid to technical models for the prevention of road accidents and injuries. In this case, it is promising to create even more secure cars, safe roads and computer systems that help the driver.
Significance for the country
Death and / or serious bodily injury constitute an event that cannot be divided to the economy on one hand and to society in general to the other hand. Such an event affects at first at all levels the relatives, and then the wider environment, the part of which is or was the damaged or dead person. There are statistical calculations presented in point 11, according to which the social damage due to traffic accidents in Slovenia is more than 600 million euros. Any reduction in the number of traffic accidents and related injuries means great savings in social assets. It is therefore sometimes difficult to understand that politics does not opt ??for a higher investment in security systems, which would save - in comparison with the basic investment - much more money in many other areas, especially in the health sector.
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