Samenvatting
The analysis of accident statistics and the study of road user behaviour are the traditional methods of road safety research. Neither of these involve direct observation of accidents. A research programme has been designed to gain insight in the generation process of traffic accidents as well as to compare the traditional methods of road safety research. The first goal asks for long term day and night video recordings at a number of locations. In view of the second goal other methods of research have to be applied at the same locations. This kind of research has been called the integral approach. The design of the programme will be presented and the value of video recordings will be illustrated by three recordings of actual accidents. (A)