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A light electric vehicle (LEV) is a light, electrically powered vehicle to travel relatively short distances. Most electric vehicles cannot be used on public roads in the Netherlands, whereas in many other European countries this is permitted. Not much is known about the safety of LEVs since large-scale, systematic research is hardly available.
It will probably take at least several decades for completely self-driving vehicles to become commercially available, if they ever will. Yet, vehicles in which part of the driving task is automated, for example automated braking, accelerating and steering, are already available.

This fact sheet concerns mobility scooters, enclosed disability vehicles (such as the Dutch Canta) and microcars. It describes the characteristics of and regulations concerning the different vehicles, their usage and users, the road safety aspects and possible improvement measures.

This fact sheet describes the road safety aspects of public transport and of level crossings – places where road and rail networks intersect. Public transport vehicles comprise buses, trams, light rail vehicles and trains.

From 2009 to 2018, an annual average of 80 road deaths were attributable to crashes with trucks and 67 road deaths to crashes with delivery vans. Casualty numbers are higher among crash opponents than among occupants of trucks or delivery vans. The fatality rate among crash opponents is higher when they crash into a truck or delivery van than when they crash into a car.

In the past ten years (2006-2015) an average of 11 road deaths per year in the Netherlands was registered in crashes involving agricultural vehicles. Compared to the early 1990s, the average number of road deaths due to crashes involving an agricultural vehicle increased from 1% to 2% of the total number of road deaths in the Netherlands.

Published: | Goldenbeld, C.; Stelling, A.; Van der Kint, S.
Published: | Hu, B.; Ponweiser, W.; Ziakopoulos, A.; Roussou, J.; Chaudhry, A.; Oikonomou, M.; Gebhard, S.; De Zwart, R,; Goldenbeld, Ch.; Schermers, G.; Weijermars, W.; Veisten, K.; Hartveit, K.J.L.; Brackstone, M.; Thomas, P.; Yannis, G.
Published: (SWOV) | Weijermars, W.A.M.; Bijleveld, F.D.; Bos, N.M.
Published: (SWOV) | Winkel, K.N. de; Doumen, M.J.A.; Jansen, R.J.