International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

The safety of road network users is a fundamental goal of a modern transportation system. Safety is most commonly assessed by the number of traffic accidents and the severity of their consequences. In the Republic of Croatia, hazardous locations on the road network are continuously identified, and their remediation plays an important role in reducing the number of traffic accidents and mitigating their consequences. This paper analyzes the extent to which the processes of identifying and remediating hazardous locations have contributed to reducing the number of traffic accidents. The research includes a comparative analysis of a three-year period before and a three-year period after the implementation of remediation measures, with the objective of providing relevant insight into the effectiveness of the applied measures and their contribution to increasing road safety.

Event Data Recorder is a specialized device that is installed in the airbag module of vehicle and is used to monitor vehicle movements in traffic accidents. Access to the data from the Event Data Recorder device is possible only through authorized and certified equipment, which enables the technical and legal credibility of the collected data. Directive EU 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and Council defined that all new type-approvals vehicles after 6 July 2022 must be equipped with an Event Data Recorder device. Accordingly, recently in the Republic of Croatia, data from Event Data Recorder devices have been used more and more often for the purpose of analyzing traffic accidents. Accordingly, this paper will present the possibilities of analyzing traffic accidents using the Event Data Recorder device and the methods by which it is possible to access said data.