Weather and traffic accidents in the Czech Republic, 1979–2020

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Weather and traffic accidents in the Czech Republic, 1979–2020

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf; Kateřina CHROMÁ; Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK; Petr DOBROVOLNÝ; Lukáš DOLÁK et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Weather and traffic accidents in the Czech Republic, 1979–2020

Autoři

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf; Kateřina CHROMÁ; Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK; Petr DOBROVOLNÝ a Lukáš DOLÁK

Vydání

Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Springer Wien, 2022, 0177-798X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10509 Meteorology and atmospheric sciences

Stát vydavatele

Rakousko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.400

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125701

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

traffic accident; fatalities; injured; weather; fog; rain; snowfall; glaze ice; gusty wind; inclement weather; trends; fluctuations; Czech Republic

Štítky

14315030, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 24. 6. 2022 08:30, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Police records, kept in the form of yearbooks, enabled analysis of the possible relationships between traffic accidents and the weather in the Czech Republic for the 1979–2020 period. These data were used to create annual series of traffic accidents in general, accidents with only material damage, numbers of people injured (seriously and slightly) and fatalities. Seven weather categories were used to characterise the weather at the time of an accident. The categories “rain”, “onset of rain and light rain”, “snowfall” and “glaze ice and rime” proved the most important, contributing to the highest numbers of accidents, fatalities and injured. Less important were “fog”, “gusty wind” and “other inclement weather”. The influence of the relative annual proportions of all weather categories on the numbers of all accident characteristics fluctuated generally between 10 and 30%. Annual numbers of accidents, fatalities and injured attributed to individual weather categories were statistically significant when correlated with series of annual numbers of days with fog, rain, snowfall, glaze ice and gusty wind. The closest relationship emerged for snowfall, with correlation coefficients between 0.76 and 0.94. The annual numbers of accidents, fatalities and injured attributed to several of the weather categories tended to decrease, especially in the two most recent decades. The discussion section concentrates on the broader context of the results obtained.

Citovat

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf; Kateřina CHROMÁ; Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK; Petr DOBROVOLNÝ a Lukáš DOLÁK. Weather and traffic accidents in the Czech Republic, 1979–2020. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. Springer Wien, 2022, roč. 149, 1-2, s. 153-167. ISSN 0177-798X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04042-3.

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N2  - Police records, kept in the form of yearbooks, enabled analysis of the possible relationships between traffic accidents and the weather in the Czech Republic for the 1979–2020 period. These data were used to create annual series of traffic accidents in general, accidents with only material damage, numbers of people injured (seriously and slightly) and fatalities. Seven weather categories were used to characterise the weather at the time of an accident. The categories “rain”, “onset of rain and light rain”, “snowfall” and “glaze ice and rime” proved the most important, contributing to the highest numbers of accidents, fatalities and injured. Less important were “fog”, “gusty wind” and “other inclement weather”. The influence of the relative annual proportions of all weather categories on the numbers of all accident characteristics fluctuated generally between 10 and 30%. Annual numbers of accidents, fatalities and injured attributed to individual weather categories were statistically significant when correlated with series of annual numbers of days with fog, rain, snowfall, glaze ice and gusty wind. The closest relationship emerged for snowfall, with correlation coefficients between 0.76 and 0.94. The annual numbers of accidents, fatalities and injured attributed to several of the weather categories tended to decrease, especially in the two most recent decades. The discussion section concentrates on the broader context of the results obtained.
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BRÁZDIL, Rudolf; Kateřina CHROMÁ; Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK; Petr DOBROVOLNÝ a Lukáš DOLÁK. Weather and traffic accidents in the Czech Republic, 1979–2020. \textit{Theoretical and Applied Climatology}. Springer Wien, 2022, roč.~149, 1-2, s.~153-167. ISSN~0177-798X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04042-3.

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