Which crash types do we distinguish?

Statistics use different types of road traffic crashes.

Road traffic crash

An occurrence on a public road that is traffic-related and that results in damage to objects or injury to persons and in which at least one moving vehicle is involved.

Vehicle-only crash 

Road traffic crash in which no other road users or objects are involved. These are crashes in which the vehicle goes off the road or rolls over. This crash type also includes cyclists who fall.

Single vehicle crash 

Road traffic crash in which no other road users are involved. These are vehicle-only crashes as well as crashes with a loose or fixed object or with an animal.

Injury crash

Road traffic crash in which one or more persons sustained injury.

 

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Road map: road safety data

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