Exposure data

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Protective systems

Use of seat belts in cars (2006)

 

Whole road network*

Inside urban areas

Outside urban areas

Drivers

77,5%

70,6%

82,0%

Front seat passenger

76,7%

73,1%

79,1%

Front seat aggregated

77,1%

71,1%

81,1%

Rear seat adults

31,7%

25,6%

35,8%

* Aggregation based on SafetyNet aggregation rules, assuming that 60% of traffic volume of cars is driven on roads outside urban areas and 40% inside urban areas. http://www.erso.eu/safetynet/content/safetynet.htm.
Source. Data are collected through observation of traffic flow by two different organization - Road Traffic Research, Ltd. and Data Serviss, Ltd.

 

Use of helmets

Year

Riders and passengers of mopeds

Riders and passengers of motorcycles

2005

70,0%

92,1%

2006

67,1%

93,0%

Source. Observations in traffic flow were carried out by Road Traffic Research, Ltd.

Costs of accidents

The costs of accidents and their consequences

Year

Total costs of the accidents, million LVL*

Average costs, LVL*

of killed persons

of injured persons

of accident

2000

157,9

160134

3328

1256

2001

190,6

220727

3534

1286

2002

207,0

230928

4010

1332

2003

211,3

229361

4046

1372

2004

220,8

244744

4000

1408

2005

210,4

264591

3458

1564

* 1 LVL = 0,702804 EUR;
Source. Latvian State Roads. http://www.lvceli.lv/LV/?i=420

 

Road Traffic Research Ltd, 2007