Introduction

Since the 1^st October 2008, in France, all vehicles must be equipped with a safety kit including a high-visibility vest and a warning triangle. The main purpose of this measure was to improve the safety of pedestrians who are near vehicles that have broken down or have had a crash. The objective of the research presented in this paper was to study the evolution of pedestrian collisions occurred on rural roads near an immobile vehicle after the obligation.

Method

Investigations covered two French departments and the 2005–2011 period. The years 2005–2007 was chosen as the “before” period, whereas the years 2009–2011 was chosen as the “after” period. Change in the proportion of the crash scenario “undetected pedestrian near an immobile vehicle” (UPIV) amongst all the pedestrian crashes recorded outside urban areas after the obligation, was examined.

Results

A stagnation in the proportion of pedestrian crashes corresponding to the UPIV crash scenario throughout both departments was observed. The proportion went from 27% during the before period to 28% during the after period. The Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test showed that there was no significant difference (p = 1.00 and common odds ratio = 0.982; 95% CI [0.439; 2.190]). Detailed study of crashes suggest that this lack of change could be explained by the fact that automobile drivers who have to get out of their vehicles after a breakdown or a crash rarely wear their high-visibility vest and do not put out their warning triangle.

Conclusions

Mandatory safety kit has not had the expected impact. Implications for prevention are discussed.

中文翻译：

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评估驾驶人在其车辆中拥有安全套件的义务对道路安全的影响

介绍

自2008年10月1^日起，在法国，所有车辆都必须配备安全套件，包括高可见度背心和三角警示牌。这项措施的主要目的是为了提高行人安全，这些行人在已经发生故障或撞车的车辆附近。本文提出的研究目的是研究义务履行后在不动车辆附近的农村道路上发生的行人碰撞的演变。

方法

调查涵盖了法国的两个部门以及2005-2011年期间。选择2005-2007年为“之前”时期，而选择2009-2011年为“之后”时期。调查了在义务发生后在市区以外记录的所有行人碰撞中，“未发现行人靠近机动车”（UPIV）的碰撞情况所占比例的变化。

结果

在两个部门中，与UPIV事故情景相对应的行人交通事故比例停滞不前。该比例从前期的27％上升至后期的28％。Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel检验表明没有显着差异（p = 1.00，共同优势比= 0.982； 95％CI [0.439; 2.190]）。对撞车的详细研究表明，这种缺乏变化的原因可以由以下事实来解释：在发生故障或撞车后必须下车的汽车驾驶员很少穿着高可见度的背心，而没有伸出警告三角。

结论

强制性安全套件没有产生预期的影响。讨论了预防的含义。