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Disabled and killed road-users constitute an unacceptable and unnecessary outcome of modern road traffic. All efforts to minimize this problem must be made. Prevention is an important activity in this context. Prevention can be achieved in different phases of the traffic accident course.
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Nygren, Å. (2000). Insurance Records; An Important Source in Road Traffic Safety Research. In: von Holst, H., Nygren, Å., Andersson, Å.E. (eds) Transportation, Traffic Safety and Health — Man and Machine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57248-7_3
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