There is a range of accident investigation procedures and protocols in place across Europe for investigating road accidents. However, as countries work towards meeting both their own road safety targets and those set by the European Commission, it may be that these existing investigations are no longer entirely suited to facilitating the decision making processes of road safety policy-makers or practitioners. Current practices for dealing with road accidents are quite different from those for aviation, rail and maritime accidents, as is the legislative framework regarding such investigations. Currently no comparable requirements or clearly formulated objectives exist for the organisation of transparent and independent road accident investigation. (Author/publisher)
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