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6
. Statistics – Detailed Results of
the Questionnaire
. .1 INTRODUCTION
Of the countries participating in the QUERY project, 23
responded to the questionnaire. These were Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and Norway. From Estonia, Lithuania, Malta and
Ireland, no response was received. The full text of the questionnaire
can be found in appendix VIII. Please note that the numbers
given to the diagrams in this document are the numbers of the
respective questions in the original questionnaire.
A large amount of detailed information has been established
by means of this questionnaire, and has been quantified where
possible and applicable. The respondents made a great effort not
only in answering the questions directly relating to the reconstructionist’s
profession, but also in gathering information on many
other issues. While not every single detail could be provided by
every country, a low number of responses received to a question
is often explained by the fact that the particular question was
applicable only to a certain number of respondents. At times,
however, difficulties in gaining access to the information required
were responsible for a lower number of responses.
Seeing as not all questions apply to all respondents, please note
that the percentages given throughout this document always
relate to the number of respondents to a particular question
only. To give a simple example, if a certification system is available
in 50% of the participant countries, no more than half of all
respondents can reply to the question ‘For certification, does the
applicant have to pass an exam?’.
In this presentation of the statistics, the corresponding two-letter
country codes are frequently used to refer to the participant
countries. These are listed in appendix III of this report.
Responses to questions which required a free text answer
are, for the purpose of readability, only summarised here. All
responses made are listed in full in the ‘endnotes’ to the statistics.
(see 3.2.9)
. . ThE PROfESSIONAl PROfIlE Of ACCIDENT
ANAlYSTS
. . .1 General Information on the Status Quo
In 75 % of the countries which participated in the questionnaire,
at least some accident reconstruction (AR) is carried out by persons
who do not possess an academic qualification.
Exceptions are Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia and Denmark, where
this is not permitted by law. Luxembourg, among the 75%, seems
to be in somewhat of a grey area, as the law does not actually provide
for persons without an academic degree to carry out AR.
5) In your country, are there any persons without an engineering
degree or similar working in accident reconstruction?
N
[24]
NO
DON'T
KNOW
When not carried out by an academically qualified reconstructionist,
AR is most frequently performed by damage assessors
working the field of insurance (in 76% of all respondent countries).
Also independent claims adjustors, usually trained as mechanics
(in 53% of the respondent countries) and former police officers
with traffic accident experience (in 41% of the countries) carry
out AR. In 65% of the countries, there are also other professional
groups who perform accident reconstruction.
The chart below shows how much of all reconstruction work is
carried out by each of these groups.
6) If you answered yes to the previous question, which qualification do
these persons have instead? (multiple answers possible)
A
B
N
[17]
C
D
former police officers with
traffic accident experience
independent claims adjustors with
training as mechanics or similar
damage assessors employed in the
insurance industry
other* (*see 6a)
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
6a) other groups carrying out reconstruction, per country:
A) AT; GR; IT: graduates of technical colleges
B) BE: graduates of postgraduate degrees
without AR specialisation
C) GB; NL: serving police officers in specialist departments
D) ES; PT: serving police officers
E) FI: traffic or highway engineers
F) FR: mechanics, military personnel;
court: 'experts judiciaires' appointed by a judge
G) LU: 'expert en automobile'
(official title of specially trained mechanic)
H) PL: 'transport economist'
YES