Accident type
As a type of accident , the German called accident research the market process or the conflict situation, from a traffic accident arose. Together with the cause of the accident that led to the conflict, the accident type describes the development phase before the damage occurred. In order to categorize accidents, the type of accident to describe the direct course of the accident resulting from the conflict situation and the accident category to describe the most serious consequences of the accident are also used.
The only decisive factor in determining the type of accident is the conflict situation that led to the accident. Whether and how road users collided, i.e. the type of accident, is not important for determining the type of accident.
Accident types are shown in the form of colored needles or dots on accident cards.
Accident types
At the main level, a distinction is made between the following seven accident types, which can be further subdivided into the second or third level:
- Driving accident (F) or (1) - green needle
- A driving accident is when a driver loses control of the vehicle because he has not selected the speed according to the course, cross-section, incline or condition of the road, or because he recognized the course or a change in cross-section too late Has. Driving accidents are not always so-called single accidents in which the vehicle drifts off the road. A driving accident can also lead to a collision with other road users.
- See also: Maximum permitted speed
- Turning accident (AB) or (2) - yellow needle
- A-turn accident (also Abbiegeunfall) is, when the accident by a conflict between a Abbieger has been triggered and a coming out of the same or opposite direction of traffic participants. This applies to junctions and crossings of roads, field or cycle paths and driveways, such as to a property or a parking lot.
- Turning / crossing accident (EK) or (3) - red needle or point
- A turning / crossing accident is when the accident was triggered by a conflict between a person obliged to turn or crossing and a person with right of way. This applies to junctions and intersections of streets, field lanes or cycle paths, at level crossings and driveways such as from a property or a parking lot.
- Passing Accident (ÜS) or (4) - white needle with a red flag
- A crossing accident is when the accident was triggered by a conflict between a pedestrian crossing the lane and a vehicle - provided the vehicle has not just turned. These principles apply regardless of whether the accident occurred at a location without special facilities for pedestrian crossing or at a zebra crossing, a pedestrian ford with traffic lights or similar.
- Accident due to stationary traffic (RV) or (5) - light blue needle
- An accident caused by stationary traffic is when the accident is caused by a conflict between a vehicle in flowing traffic and one that is stationary on the road, i.e. H. triggered by a stopped or parked vehicle.
- This also includes accidents in which the flowing traffic had a conflict with a vehicle that was parking or leaving a parking space. It doesn't matter if stopping / parking was allowed or not.
- Accident in longitudinal traffic (LV) or (6) - orange needle
- An accident in longitudinal traffic is when the accident was triggered by a conflict between road users who were moving in the same or opposite direction - unless this conflict is the result of a traffic process that corresponds to a different type of accident.
- Accidents in longitudinal traffic include a. Frontal collisions and rear-end collisions ,
- Other accident (SO) or (7) - black needle
- This includes all accidents that cannot be assigned to any other accident type.
Web links
- Applicable ordinances (SMBl. NRW.) As of October 9, 2019 , Annex 9: Accident types (PDF file; 281 KB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Höfler: Verkehrwesen-Praxis, Volume 2: Verkehrstechnik . Bauwerk Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-934369-53-7 , p. 203 ff .
- ^ Hermann Appel, Gerald Krabbel, Dirk Vetter: Accident research, accident mechanics and accident reconstruction . Vieweg + Teubner Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-528-04123-4 , pp. 21 ( online version ).
- ^ Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft eV (Ed.): Accident types catalog. Guide to determining the type of accident . GDV Berlin, Berlin 2016 ( online version (PDF file; 2.9 MB)).