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Road accidents in Italy

Carlo Putignano

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Road traffic accidents in Italy peaked in absolute terms in 1972, from then they have shown substantially no change in spite of the increase of vehicles and traffic, and a continued decline in deaths per population. As shown in many studies, drivers accept the road accident risk much more easily than risks related to activities; they remove it from their conscious mind, tend to underestimate it, considering it to be a problem which only involves other people, or believing themselves to be better drivers than others. In 1994 the economic recovery led to greater mobility; the psychological effect of the new rules was over, and the number of accidents returned to the average level for the 90s. Fatalities have again increased because the countermeasures have become powerless. (A)

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Road traffic accidents in Italy peaked in absolute terms in 1972, from then they have shown substantially no change in spite of the increase of vehicles and traffic, and a continued decline in deaths per population. As shown in many studies, drivers accept the road accident risk much more easily than risks related to activities; they remove it from their conscious mind, tend to underestimate it, considering it to be a problem which only involves other people, or believing themselves to be better drivers than others. In 1994 the economic recovery led to greater mobility; the psychological effect of the new rules was over, and the number of accidents returned to the average level for the 90s. Fatalities have again increased because the countermeasures have become powerless. (A)

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Road traffic accidents in Italy peaked in absolute terms in 1972, from then they have shown substantially no change in spite of the increase of vehicles and traffic, and a continued decline in deaths per population. As shown in many studies, drivers accept the road accident risk much more easily than risks related to activities; they remove it from their conscious mind, tend to underestimate it, considering it to be a problem which only involves other people, or believing themselves to be better drivers than others. In 1994 the economic recovery led to greater mobility; the psychological effect of the new rules was over, and the number of accidents returned to the average level for the 90s. Fatalities have again increased because the countermeasures have become powerless. (A)

Key concepts: Poison control, Injury prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Suicide prevention, Occupational safety and health, Transport engineering, Population, Road traffic

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