Citation

Krystek R, Żukowska J. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2005; 13: 8p.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

The condition of road safety has a significant impact on the quality of life. Yearly, one in a hundred families in Poland suffers because of road accidents. It is affected by them not only in material terms but first and foremost in moral terms. Road accidents are one of the main causes of degradation in the quality of life. Poland hardly knows anything about the fate of the road traffic victims, their life problems connected with their profession, existential problems or difficulties in claiming one's own rights. Beside the obvious difficulties which appear during the administrative procedures, at work, in legal proceedings and insurance processes. Stress caused by those difficulties significantly deteriorates the health condition, particularly when it comes to the mental health, often leading the victim to a crisis.