Biljakter och dödliga skador i Sverige - en retrospektiv studie av konsekvenser av
biljaktsrelaterade krascher
Engelsk titel: Car chases and deadly injuries in Sweden - a retrospective study of the consequences of
pursuit-related crashes
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Författare:
Lundälv, Jörgen
Email: jorgen.lundalv@socwork.gu.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 40
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16063962
Sammanfattning
One person dies every year as a result of a police pursuit in Sweden. During
the period 1997-2011 16 persons died in pursuit-related crashes. Previous
article described and discussed causes and outcomes from pursuit-related
crashes in Sweden. The purpose of the present study was to focus and analyse
police pursuit and fatal injuries in Sweden during the period 1997-2011
within the framework of traffic safety policies in terms of educational level
and risk situations in the traffic environment. Data were collected by two national
media archieve in Sweden; Mediaarkivet and PressText database. Present
study shows that during the period 1997-2011 has 16 persons died (fatal
injuries) as a result of police pursuits in Sweden. One police officer was killed
in this police pursuits in Sweden. A majority av the pursuit-related crashes
occur in the nights. The scientific research concerning the phenomenon of
police pursuit and pursuit-related crashes has been limited. International research,
knowledge and information about the importance of edcuation of advanced
driving and police driver attitudes will be very important in the future.
To reduce traffic injuries and suffering required work with injury prevention.