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Sinan Alispahić, D.Sc.,

CROATIAN AUTOMOBILE CLUB. Avenija Dubrovnik 44 10 010 ZAGREB CROATIA. Sector for driver’s examinations and supervision of driving schools operation. Sinan Alispahić, D.Sc.,. Nenad Zuber, M.Sc.  ++ 385 1 6611 999, 6611 934. e-mail: alispahic@hak.hr.

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Sinan Alispahić, D.Sc.,

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  1. CROATIAN AUTOMOBILE CLUB Avenija Dubrovnik 44 10 010 ZAGREB CROATIA Sector for driver’s examinations and supervision of driving schools operation Sinan Alispahić, D.Sc., Nenad Zuber, M.Sc.  ++ 385 1 6611 999, 6611 934 e-mail: alispahic@hak.hr UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB FACULTY OF TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING Vukelićeva 4 10 000 ZAGREB CROATIA Sanja Steiner, D.Sc.

  2. ROAD SAFETY LEVEL ASSESSMENT IN CROATIA General Data (2003) Reg. Vehicles: 1,677,248 Drivers: 1,964,406 Inhabitants per vehicle: 2.6 SAFETY INDICATORS • 92,102 accidents (26,153 with victims) • 701 killed, 25,640 injured • fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants: 15.9 • fatalities per 100,000 vehicles: 43.8 • fatalities per 100 accidents: 2.68

  3. ROAD SAFETY LEVEL ASSESSMENT IN CROATIA National Road Safety Program Objective: fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants: 8 (2010) IMPLEMENTATION STATUS • Substantial safety level increase • 2003 – negative indicators escalated • Main causal categories identificated : young driver population and alcohol • Intervention proposal through new Road Safety Act

  4. DRIVING MOTIVES AND SAFETY ON ROADS PROBLEM YOUNG DRIVERS • participation of young persons in accidents • safety and protection of new drivers • age - from 18 to 24 • years of driving (experience)

  5. GOAL AND PURPOSE • The connection of different motives of driving with the behaviour of the young drivers while driving and participation in a car accident • Proposal of measures that will contribute to the change of behaviour in young drivers while driving SAMPLE • DATA ABOUT CANDIDATES FROM HAK AND DRIVING SCHOOLS • AGE 18 - 24 • YEARS OF DRIVING FROM 0-3 YEARS • 117 DRIVING SCHOOLS IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA (RoC) • 4329 YOUNG DRIVERS FROM 383 SETTLEMENTS IN RoC PROGRAM PACKAGE  Active Server Pages (ASP) technology  Microsoft Excel  Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)

  6. DATA COLLECTING AND PROCESSING • QUESTIONNAIRE – 04/13–07/30/2002 • Adjusted data entering program - SPSS • Distribution of frequencies and percentage indicators • Chi–square test, 5% test risk QUESTIONNAIRE FOR YOUNG DRIVERS

  7. CAR ACCIDENTS 69,4% 15,1% 10,1% 5,4%

  8. RESULTS – MOTIVES FOR DRIVING

  9. CONCLUSION • some motives of driving are connected to the driver´s behaviour while driving, i.e. to the event of a car accident, • lack of driving experience, • the existing way of training drivers needs to be changed, • the key role of scientific research and education, • new technical-technological way of educating drivers.

  10. New ROAD SAFETY ACT (August 2004) • Age limit for driviving exam (18 years) – without waiting time for license • 0-level alcohol • Provisional two-year license for new drivers • Driving speed limitation; car engine power limitation (75 kW); time-term limitation (11 pm – 5 am) • Periodical test-training after-exam (by 2007) IMPLEMENTATION STATUS In comparison with analogue two-month period 2003: • 40% decreased fatality • 8% decreased accidents number

  11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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