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Other Vehicles
In addition to the research work on the safety of cars, commercial vehicles and powered two-wheelers, the UDV has also turned its attention to other types of vehicles in recent years, including e.g. vans, tractors, quad bikes, light quadricycles, electric bikes (pedelecs) and Segways. It is not possible to say how widespread these types of vehicles will become in future and thus make statements about accidents involving them, but the UDV will be following these trends with a critical eye.
Accidents involving recreational vehicles Recreational vehicles (RVs) have enjoyed growing popularity for a number of years in Germany. Not only is the number of these vehicles rising continuously; the number of new registrations is also increasing every year. Although the road accident statistics contain basic information on accidents... Read more. |
Tractors Tractors are relatively rare on German roads. Consequently, they do not figure largely in accident statistics. But when they are involved in accidents, more people than average are seriously injured or killed. For this reason, the UDV joined forces with the insurance companies Allianz and LVM to... Read more. |
Safety risks of light weight vehicles In the course of this research the level of safety of so-called light weight vehicles (LWV) was investigated and assessed. The focus falls on vehicles featuring car-like closed occupant cells. Read more. |
Segway's safety characteristics Germany plans to give technical approval to a vehicle called Segway in the not too distant future. For this reason German Insurers’ Accident Research conducted a study which assesses the safety characteristics of the Segway. Read more. |
Crash tests with SUV The earlier analysis of SUV real-world collisions in Germany had shown that SUV drivers are not more accident-prone than the average car driver. However, when collisions occur, the crash opponents often fare worse as a result of the higher mass and ride-height of the SUV. The incompatibility... Read more. |
Pedelecs Electric-assist bicycles (pedelecs) are becoming increasingly popular in Germany. According to the German two-wheeler industry association Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV), around 200,000 were sold in 2010, and the association expects 300,000 to be sold in 2011. Read more. |
Quad bikes in the accident statistics Quad bikes (quadricycles) have become increasingly popular in Germany in the last 10 years or so. It is estimated that there are now over 150,000 of these vehicles. 448 accidents involving quad bikes in Bavaria from the years 2009 to 2012 were analyzed in this study. Read more. |
Safety of light goods vehicles The UDV (German Insurers Accident Research), the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) and DEKRA carried out a joint project to examine in detail the accidents involving light goods vehicles and developed proposals for how to... Read more. |