
The European Commission with the active contribution of NTUA, SWOV and KFV has published at the European Road Safety Observatory, the Consequences of Crashes Thematic Report which distinguishes three types of consequences for crashes: physical, psychological, and socio-economic. At EU level, 2.2 million hospital-treated road traffic casualties compare to 1.1 million police-reported ones, indicating a substantial underreporting in police-based crash statistics and an underestimation of the impacts of crashes. Furthermore, studies indicate that about one third of road traffic casualties has self-reported symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), every fifth casualty reports symptoms of depression. Moreover, EU wide, crashes are estimated to generate a total cost of injury of about 353 billion Euro, which burdens both the health system and its financiers.
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