Spatiotemporal Analysis of Road Crashes with Animals in Poland

Tomasz Krukowicz, Krzysztof Firląg and Paweł Chrobot
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Tomasz Krukowicz: Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Firląg: Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Paweł Chrobot: Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-31

Abstract: This article describes the issue of the influences of the time factor and wildlife populations on road animal–vehicle crashes. The article presents problems associated with animal–vehicle crashes in Poland. They are the subject of many court disputes. For the purposes of the study, data on animal–vehicle road crashes were obtained from the SEWiK database, as well as data on the numbers of animals in hunting districts from 2016–2020. The relationship between the number of road crashes and time was analysed, and the relationships between the numbers of road crashes and the animal populations, as well as the locations, types, and categories of the hunting districts, were analysed as well. The factors related to changes in the wildlife populations, road crashes in previous years, and the lengths of the road networks were also analysed. The research shows no relationship between the abundance of a particular species and the number of road crashes. Instead, there is a correlation between the number of crashes in previous years and the road network length.

Keywords: road safety; traffic engineering; animal–vehicle collision; animal–vehicle crash; wildlife–vehicle collision; AVC; WVC; hunting district; accident analysis; accident prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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