Economic safety aspects of the road traffic in Poland

• Authors: Tadeusz Dyr , Karolina Ziółkowska , Agata Jaździk-Osmólska , Małgorzata Kozłowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Road accidents are generating economic and public high costs. They include: losses resulting from the long-lasting or temporary impossibility of creating GDP, expenses on the treatment and rehabilitation of people injured in the accidents, costs of emergency services involvment, payment of compensations and benefits, financial losses or emotional suffering of the accidents' victims and perpetrators' relatives, leading to reduce their economic activity. Statistical data presented in the point out to the high risk of road accidents. Also causes of unsatisfactory level of the road safety improvement in Poland were presented.(original abstract)

Keywords

EN

Road traffic safety; Road accidents; Transport policy; Social costs

PL

Bezpieczeństwo ruchu drogowego; Wypadki drogowe; Polityka transportowa; Koszty społeczne

• Publisher: Instytut Naukowo-Wydawniczy "SPATIUM"
• Journal: Central European Review of Economics & Finance
• Year: 2017
• Issue: Vol. 21, No 5
• Pages: 7-23

Contributors

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Tadeusz Dyr

• Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Poland

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Karolina Ziółkowska

• University of Social Sciences in Lodz, Poland

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Agata Jaździk-Osmólska

• Road and Bridge Research Institute

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Małgorzata Kozłowska

• Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24136/ceref.2017.019