{"id":10204,"date":"2020-10-30T12:14:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/?p=10204"},"modified":"2020-11-04T12:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T10:58:21","slug":"road-traffic-accidents-in-greece-institute-of-public-health-acg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/en\/road-traffic-accidents-in-greece-institute-of-public-health-acg\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Traffic Accidents in Greece &#8211; Institute of Public Health, ACG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An online event about the serious problem of the road traffic accidents in Greece, was organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acg.edu\/about-acg\/institute-of-public-health\/about-the-institute-of-public-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece<\/a> on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, featuring presentations by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acg.edu\/events\/road-traffic-accidents-in-greece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eleftherios Oikonomou<\/a>, Deputy Minister of Citizens&#8217; Protection and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acg.edu\/about-acg\/institute-of-public-health\/our-team\/panagiotis-behrakis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panagiotis Behrakis<\/a>, Pulmonologist \u2013 Intensivist, Director, Institute of Public Health &#8211; The American College of Greece, in the context of the <a href=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/en\/6th-series-of-lectures-institute-of-public-health-acg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6th Series of Lectures, 2020-2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A survey conducted by The Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece, in 2020, showed that road accidents were the most important public health risk for the Greek public. This led to the recent survey, also conducted by The Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece, specifically focusing \u00a0on the drivers\u2019 behavior usually associated with increased risk for road accidents.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusions of this survey \u00a0were presented during the event, in an effort to help solve the problem and assist the Government and all engaged bodies to better understand the profile of the Greek driver who is most likely to engage in an accident and take prevention and precautionary measures.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10204' data-lightbox='gallery'>\n<dl class='gallery-item col-3'>\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\n                <a data-lightbox=\"gallery-item\" href=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_5462.jpg\" title=\"IMG_5462\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_5462-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n            <\/dt><\/dl>\n<dl class='gallery-item col-3'>\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\n                <a data-lightbox=\"gallery-item\" href=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_5454.jpg\" title=\"IMG_5454\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_5454-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n            <\/dt><\/dl>\n<dl class='gallery-item col-3'>\n            <dt class='gallery-icon'>\n                <a data-lightbox=\"gallery-item\" href=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_5467.jpg\" title=\"IMG_5467\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_5467-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n            <\/dt><\/dl>\n<br \/><br \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Based on the IPH \u00a0survey, participants, including professional drivers as well, reported breaking the traffic rules such as accelerating to pass with yellow traffic light(54%), exceeding speed limit (49%), use of mobile and GPS while driving(49%), no use of seat belt(24%) and alcohol consumption(13%), all documented major causes of accidents.<\/p>\n<p>It has been statistically proven that the highest percentage of responsibility for road accidents lies with the human factor, under the triple capacity of driver &#8211; passenger \u2013 pedestrian and according to World Bank\u2019 data, the financial cost of road accidents is calculated to 1-3% on each state&#8217;s GDP.<\/p>\n<p>As the Deputy Minister presented, the main factors responsible for road accidents are human behavior, road quality characteristics and vehicle condition. Both the Deputy Minister and Professor Behrakis highlighted the crucial importance of the human factor and consequently \u00a0the need for \u00a0specifically designed \u00a0driver\u2019s education. Professor Behrakis \u00a0announced that the new IPH project commenced with this survey, is to tackle road accidents through science and education; using the same method as for smoking prevention we will start from the early school age our aim to shape a new generation, \u00a0the conscious adult pedestrian and driver of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Find the program of the 6th Series of Lectures, 2020-2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/smokefreegreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Program-6th-Series-of-Lecture_IPH_en-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event&#8217;s video (in greek):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u03a4\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03cc\u03b2\u03bb\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03c4\u03c5\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1_\u03a3\u03a4 \u039a\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03bb\u03ad\u03be\u03b5\u03c9\u03bd 2020-2021\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dCrBhGctm_4?start=2421&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online event about the serious problem of the road traffic accidents in Greece, was organized by the Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, featuring presentations by Eleftherios Oikonomou, Deputy Minister of Citizens&#8217; Protection and Panagiotis Behrakis, Pulmonologist \u2013 Intensivist, Director, Institute of Public Health &#8211; The American College of Greece, in the context of the 6th Series of Lectures, 2020-2021. 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