Aim of accident research

Traffic Accident Research Hanover deals with the documentation and analysis of traffic accidents involving personal injury and provides basic data for legislators, industry and other institutions. This enables vehicles and traffic structures to be made safer and injuries to be avoided or reduced.

A special accident database is used to collect important information on accidents, injuries and the causes of accidents.

Who benefits from the data?

• For the legislator, this provides the opportunity to closely monitor the accident situation and recognize negative developments at an early stage. The detailed documentation of accident events with very detailed information on vehicle deformations, sources of injury to occupants and external road users (pedestrians and cyclists) can be used to draw up legislation and develop production guidelines. For example, studies by traffic accident researchers on the effectiveness of seat belts, the necessity of cycle helmets and the injury situation of motorcyclists wearing safety helmets have already had an impact on the establishment of legal principles and guidelines that are already having a positive effect on the accident and injury situation.
• The automotive industry has the opportunity to observe the behavior of vehicles in accidents and use information from real accidents to draw comparisons with crash tests.