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ChapterI.Roadaccidentriskmanagement
Figure1.Roadsafetysubsystem
Source:ownwork.
Accordingtotheextendedclassificationofaccidentscauses,theaccidents
resultfromenergytransferwhichissohighthat-alongwiththisspeed-the
movingandnon-movingelementsaredamaged.Pursuanttothistheory,the
accidentsmaybeavoidedbyeithercontrollingtheenergyreleasedorreplac-
ingtheelementsthatmaybedamaged39.Petersonreasonablyhighlightsthat
noaccidentiscausedbyonefactor;onthecontrary,therearealwaysmany
dińerentcausesofvariousweightiness.Hestatedthatthecausesofaccidents
layinthemanagementsystem.merearetwomainapproachestowardscaus-
esofaccidentsinthetheoryofeconomy.mefirstone,socalled‘engineering)
pointofview,andsecond-fromthe‘interpersonalrelations)pointofview40.
meymaybeeasilyrelatedtothetramccomponents.Roadusers)behaviour
expressesthesecondapproachmentioned,whereasroadinfrastructureand
thevehicleexemplifytheengineeringapproach.
Systemicapproachtowardsroadtramcanditssafetyleadstocreating
newqualityduetolinkagesandcouplingsbetweenthementionedcompo-
EuropeanCommission)s2001TransportWhitepaper[SEC(2006)768],Brussels,22June
2006,p.15.
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W
.HaddonJr.,OntheEscapeofTigers.AnEcologicNote,“AmericanJournalofPublic
HealthandtheNation)sHealth”1970,Vol.60,No.12,p.2230ń.
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H.W
.Heinrichisthoughttohavecreatedthisdivision-cf.idem,IndustrialAccident
Prevention,NewYork1959.