Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2022, 24(3):A142-A159 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2022.3.A142-A159

Effect of Periodic Technical Inspections of Vehicles on Traffic Accidents in the Slovak Republic

Juraj Hudec ORCID...1, 2, Branislav Šarkan ORCID...2, *
1 Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2 The Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia

The article presents a search for links between the Periodic Technical Inspections of Vehicles (TI) and traffic accidents due to vehicle technical defects in the Slovak Republic. Based on these links, it is sought to assess the justification for TI regarding the road safety. For this purpose, statistical data on traffic accidents, caused by vehicle technical defects as well as data concerning TI carried out were examined. The first finding was that the approaching end of the validity of the TI, the probability of traffic accidents due to technical defects increases for vehicles. The second finding was that with the increasing number of vehicles assessed at the Periodical Technical Inspection Stations (PTI) as temporarily roadworthy and not roadworthy, the number of accidents due to vehicle technical defects was decreasing. The results formulated in this paper show that the TI have a measurable effect on traffic accidents caused by vehicle technical defects, thus positively affecting the road safety and thus having a demonstrable justification.

Keywords: periodic technical inspections technical condition of vehicles vehicle technical defects, road safety, traffic accident
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This research was funded by the project of institutional research of the Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina no. 2/KCMD/2021 Research on the impact of urban logistics on the environment. This publication was realized with support of Operational Program Integrated Infrastructure 2014 - 2020 of the project: Innovative Solutions for Propulsion, Power and Safety Components of Transport Vehicles, code ITMS 313011V334, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

Received: January 27, 2022; Accepted: May 19, 2022; Prepublished online: June 21, 2022; Published: July 1, 2022  Show citation

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Hudec, J., & Šarkan, B. (2022). Effect of Periodic Technical Inspections of Vehicles on Traffic Accidents in the Slovak Republic. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 24(3), A142-159. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2022.3.A142-A159
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