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Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Dube, S
dc.contributor.author Davhana, M
dc.date.accessioned 2015-10-30T09:45:59Z
dc.date.available 2015-10-30T09:45:59Z
dc.date.issued 2015-07
dc.identifier.citation Dube, S and Davhana, M. 2015. Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa. In: The 34th Southern African Transport Conference, CSIR International Convention Centre, 6-9 July 2015, Pretoria, South Africa, pp 568-586. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8219
dc.description The 34th Southern African Transport Conference, CSIR International Convention Centre, 6-9 July 2015, Pretoria, South Africa. Abstract only. en_US
dc.description.abstract South Africa’s road safety rate ranks fourth worst in the world, however very little is done to correct the existing problem. Currently in South Africa and in the other parts of the continent and the world, only limited statistics are available regarding accidents involving heavy vehicles and even less is known about the real cause of these accidents. This paper reports on the findings of a study on the status of heavy vehicle accident investigation procedures in South Africa. This study involved a literature review of various heavy vehicle accidents procedures employed by various authorities from different countries, including identifying gaps in South Africa and other countries. Research indicates that there are many interlinked factors that contribute to a freight accident. Comprehensive road accident investigation procedures, will lead to the availability of reliable road accident data. This is crucial because effective road safety interventions require that contributory factors like road and traffic characteristics, vehicle parameters, and information about people involved in the accident be registered correctly in a proper data base. This will assist road engineers and transport planners during their intervention. To improve road safety it is recommended that standardisation in the training of the responsible investigating officials and proper definition of responsible officials for heavy vehicle accident investigations (SAPS officers, Metro police officers and traffic police officers) are implemented. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
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dc.subject South African road safety en_US
dc.subject Heavy vehicle crashes en_US
dc.subject Road accident investigations en_US
dc.subject 34th Southern African Transport Conference (2015) en_US
dc.title Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Dube, S., & Davhana, M. (2015). Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8219 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Dube, S, and M Davhana. "Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8219 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Dube S, Davhana M, Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8219 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Dube, S AU - Davhana, M AB - South Africa’s road safety rate ranks fourth worst in the world, however very little is done to correct the existing problem. Currently in South Africa and in the other parts of the continent and the world, only limited statistics are available regarding accidents involving heavy vehicles and even less is known about the real cause of these accidents. This paper reports on the findings of a study on the status of heavy vehicle accident investigation procedures in South Africa. This study involved a literature review of various heavy vehicle accidents procedures employed by various authorities from different countries, including identifying gaps in South Africa and other countries. Research indicates that there are many interlinked factors that contribute to a freight accident. Comprehensive road accident investigation procedures, will lead to the availability of reliable road accident data. This is crucial because effective road safety interventions require that contributory factors like road and traffic characteristics, vehicle parameters, and information about people involved in the accident be registered correctly in a proper data base. This will assist road engineers and transport planners during their intervention. To improve road safety it is recommended that standardisation in the training of the responsible investigating officials and proper definition of responsible officials for heavy vehicle accident investigations (SAPS officers, Metro police officers and traffic police officers) are implemented. DA - 2015-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - South African road safety KW - Heavy vehicle crashes KW - Road accident investigations KW - 34th Southern African Transport Conference (2015) LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa TI - Standardisation of heavy vehicle crash investigation procedures in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8219 ER - en_ZA


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