Avoidability of accidents with large animals

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Main author

Sinz, W.

Co-Authors

Hoschopf, H.; Kirschbichler, S.; Tomasch, E.; Darwish, S. M. H.; Almodimigh, M.; Steffan, H.

Type of media

PDF

Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2011

Publisher

20. EVU Conference, Graz

Citation

Sinz, W.: Avoidability of accidents with large animals. 20. EVU Conference, Gratz

Although accidents with animals represent a small portion in the official statistics these accidents have an economic effect. The regulatory costs in Germany added up to an average of 370 to 464 million Euros annually in the years between 2000 and 2005. The insurance companies registered between 210,000 and 235,000 deer accidents on average every year. The larger part of the data collected by the insurance companies is accidents with damage to property. But accidents with large animals are a danger to vehicle occupants. German statistics for accidents with animals for this period show between 18 and 28 fatally injured persons and between 580 and 750 severely injured and 2,100 to 2,600 light casualties every year. Accidents that are caused by evasive manoeuvres causing runningoff track and finally colliding with the infrastructure or causing a cross-over collision have not been taken into account.