An overview of road death data collection in the EU

The goal of this PIN flash report is to gather information on road death data collection in different PIN countries and to find out if and how countries cross-check or complement road death data recorded by the police with alternative sources. Police data are, and should remain, the primary source of road death analysis. However, police resources are limited and increasingly under pressure from other tasks. There are also certain collision scenarios such as those involving non-motorised vehicles or single vehicle collisions where road deaths are more likely to go unrecorded by the police. Countries that complement police data with alternative sources have different approaches. For example Sweden has a unique road death and injury information exchange system (STRADA) which facilitates information exchange between the police and hospitals under one platform, and a responsible authority – the Swedish Transport Agency – manages the database. In some countries, for instance Belgium, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands the National statistical offices and in Spain the Directorate General for Traffic, and not the police, are responsible for capturing the number of road traffic victims who died within 30 days by complementing police data with alternative sources. This report also shows that, in the countries which could provide data, more than half of killed road users are recorded as dying at the site of a collision. But there are large differences between countries and there might be many possible reasons for this, including differences in the procedures or quality of the emergency services and hospital care. A high proportion of road deaths at the site might indicate lower reporting rates of deaths at a later date as underreporting can be related to deaths that occur later after a collision. These differences are difficult to interpret and should be further researched.

• Record URL:
  https://etsc.eu/an-overview-of-road-death-data-collection-in-the-eu-pin-flash-35/
• Corporate Authors:

  European Transport Safety Council (ETSC)

  Brussels,    
• Authors:
  • Adminaite, D
  • Jost, G
  • Stipdonk, H
  • WARD, H
• Publication Date: 2018-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 35p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 35

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Fatalities; High risk locations; Law enforcement; Policy
• Uncontrolled Terms: International comparison; Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ATRI Terms: Crash black spot; Data collection; Fatality rate; Improvement; International comparison; Law enforcement; Policy
• Subject Areas: Policy; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01676127
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 26 2018 10:33AM