Abstract
The study compares the external costs of road traffic accidents in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the UK, Germany and Switzerland and finds substantial differences in the external costs per vehicle-kilometre of road use in those countries. The study also finds that lorries and buses generate substantially higher external costs than passenger cars. The basic reason for this is that the unprotected group of road users - pedestrians, cyclists, motor-cycle riders, and the occupants of passenger cars - face greater hazards from lorries and buses when a collision occurs. (A)