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Young drivers in slow moving vehicles: The impact of A-tractors and moped cars on traffic safety
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Traffic Safety and Traffic System. Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Driver and vehicle.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5198-8851
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Driver and vehicle.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8026-5591
2024 (English)Report (Other academic)Alternative title
Unga förare i A-traktorer och mopedbilar : Påverkan på trafiksäkerheten (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Slow moving vehicles, A-tractors (also called “EPA”) and moped cars, have in recent years become increasingly popular among young people in Sweden. With their rising popularity, the number of crashes involving these vehicles has also increased. The purpose has been to increase knowledge on crashes involving A-tractors and moped cars, as well as to describe how these vehicles impact traffic safety and the safety of other road users. The study involved crash data from the Swedish Traffic Accident Data Acquisition database (Strada) and interviews with police officers. A compilation of traffic crashes from 2016 to 2022, where the driver of the A-tractor or moped car was between 14 and 20 years old, showed that there were seven fatal crashes involving A-tractors, resulting in deaths of seven young people in the A-tractor and two unprotected road users. There were no fatal crashes involving drivers with moped cars in this age group. Furthermore, there were 37 serious crashes involving A-tractors, with 24 of them occurring in 2021–2022. In these crashes during the entire period, 32 young people in A-tractors and eight other road users, primarily pedestrians and moped or motorcycle users, were seriously injured. There were 12 serious crashes involving moped cars during this period, with ten young people in moped cars and three pedestrians being seriously injured. In the more severe A-tractor crashes, 91 percent of the drivers were male, while in the moped car crashes, 42 percent were male. A total of 14 interviews were conducted with police officers throughout Sweden. It became clear that A-tractors and moped cars are a social phenomenon, where the "EPA culture" and group identity are important aspects. These vehicles are used for transportation in both rural and urban areas and for hanging out with friends. How these vehicles are driven affects traffic safety, for those in the vehicles and other road users, as well as the environment. The police reported various driving behaviours and crashes and had opinions on the defects and deliberate modifications on these vehicles. 

Abstract [sv]

A-traktorer och mopedbilar har blivit allt populärare bland ungdomar under de senaste åren i Sverige. I takt med ökad popularitet har också personskadeolyckorna med dessa fordon ökat. Projektets syfte har varit att öka kunskapen om olyckor med A-traktorer och mopedbilar, samt att beskriva hur dessa fordon påverkar trafiksäkerheten och tryggheten för andra trafikanter. Studien har innefattat sammanställning av olyckor (Strada) och intervjuer med poliser. Sammanställningen av trafikolyckor från 2016–2022 där föraren i A-traktorn eller mopedbilen varit 14–20 år visade att det skett sju dödsolyckor med inblandad A-traktor och där sju ungdomar i A-traktorn samt två oskyddade medtrafikanter dödats. Ingen dödsolycka med mopedbil skedde med förare i åldersgruppen. Det skedde dessutom 37 allvarliga olyckor med inblandad A-traktor varav 24 inträffade under 2021–2022. I olyckorna under hela tidsperioden blev 32 ungdomar allvarligt skadade i A-traktorn och åtta medtrafikanter, främst fotgängare, på moped eller motorcykel. Det skedde tolv allvarliga olyckor med mopedbil under tidsperioden, där tio ungdomar i mopedbil och tre fotgängare skadades allvarligt. I de allvarligare olyckorna med A-traktor var 91 procent av förarna män och i olyckorna med mopedbil var 42 procent män. Totalt genomfördes 14 intervjuer med poliser runtom i Sverige. Det framkom tydligt att A-traktorer och mopedbilar är ett socialt fenomen där EPA-kultur och grupptillhörighet är viktiga aspekter. Fordonen används som ett transportmedel både på landsbygd och i städer, men också för att åka runt och umgås med vänner. Hur fordonen körs och används påverkar trafiksäkerheten, både för de i fordonet och för andra trafikanter, men påverkar även miljön/klimatet.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2024. , p. 53
Series
VTI resultat ; 2023:8A
Keywords [en]
A-tractor, EPA, moped car, moped, slow moving vehicles, traffic safety, young drivers, accident, crash, traffic police, EPA culture
National Category
Transport Systems and Logistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-20378OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-20378DiVA, id: diva2:1841840
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Swedish Transport Administration, 2022/33082
Note

This report is a shorter and translated version, based of the Swedish publication “VTI resultat 2023:8”. 

Denna rapport är en engelsk översättning av den tidigare svenska rapporten “VTI resultat 2023:8”.

Available from: 2024-03-01 Created: 2024-03-01 Last updated: 2024-03-01Bibliographically approved

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