Trailer-Attached Two-Wheel Tractor (Patpat) Accidents on Roads in Turkey
Abstract
Trailer attached two-wheel tractor (Patpat)
accidents on roads are in increasing trend in Turkey. This work examined these incidents
to help find precautions to reduce the accidents, casualties and monetary losses.
Accidents occurred on roads in Turkey from 2006 to 2016 were studied. The data
were analyzed based on the number of fatal and injury accidents, number of
killed and wounded, distribution to regions and provinces, accident types,
accident timings, features of the drivers, accessibility to first aid, etc. In
the 11 year period, 326 accidents (6 fatal, 320 injury) in Police
Responsibility Areas (PRA) and 318 accidents (25 fatal, 293 injury) in
Gendarmerie Responsibility Areas (GRA) with the total 644 accidents were
studied. A total of 1458 people (34 dead and 1424 injured) were affected. The
accidents occurred mostly as crash / collision (PRA: 69.6%, GRA: 65.7%) and
were most frequent during the summer (PRA: 40.5%, GRA: 43.1%). The incidents in
PRA were mostly in urban areas (82.5%) as the ones in GRA were mostly in the
rural areas (53.8%). Most of the operators had primary school education (PRA:
68.1%, GRA: 47.5%), were male (PRA: 97.5%, GRA: 97.2%) and had no driver's
license (PRA: 63.8%; GRA: 74.2%). These vehicles with no standard structure are
not suitable for road traffic as they are slow, with low braking and steering
ability and low visibility at night. As the majority of the incidents are of
human origin, training and traffic surveillance should be increased. Also, low-cost
and safer alternative vehicles are needed.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
25 Aralık 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
24 Eylül 2018
Kabul Tarihi
30 Ekim 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Cilt: 23 Sayı: 2