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Road safety data: an essential tool for developing effective
road safety policy
Fred Wegman, Chairman of IRTAD 24 February 2009
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International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group
►Permanent working group under the umbrella of OECD and ITF
►55 members from 30 countries►Cooperation with the World Bank
(GRSF)►Mission
■ World standard road safety database■ Networking for safety professionals■ Special reports
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Road safety data: Why ?
► Comprehensive data collection and analysis are essential for:■ designing effective safety strategies■ setting achievable targets■ developing and determining intervention
priorities■ monitoring programme effectiveness
► Harmonized definitions and data collecting procedures for meaningful international comparisons
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International benchmarking of mortality rates
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Data quality and reliability
► Key issue, when developing road safety interventions. ■ Underreporting, data on injury accidents
(linking police reports and hospital records)
► Critical to assess social costs of road accidents and to build a solid case for road safety investments
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Different types of road safety data
Social costs
Number killed and injured
Safety performance indicators
Safety measures and programmes
Structure and culture
Outcome
Policy performance
Policy context
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Analysing the situation (example of Spain)
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Comparing fatalities with exposure data
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Comparing with other countries
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Safety Performance Indicators to monitor progress
►Driving speeds and speeding■ by vehicle category, road type,
geographic area, etc.
►Vehicle safety ratings ►Blood alcohol level compliance►Seat belt and helmet wearing
rates►Etc.
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Seat belt wearing rates
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Linking interventions to performance (example of
Canada)
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Accident costs(example of the Netherlands)
(2003 data)
Unit cost Number Total costs
Fatalitites 2.4 million EUR 1088 2.6 million EUR
Serious injuries 297 900 18660 5.6 million EUR
Slight injuries 1.12 million EUR
Damage only 3.9 milloin EUR
TOTAL 13.2 million = 2.5% of GD P
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IRTAD Networking
►IRTAD: group of safety experts and statisticians
►Forum to exchange information on safety trends, data collection and analysis methodologies
►Forum to learn from each other►Expose your country’s
experience
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IRTAD Special reports ►Underreporting of Road Traffic
Casualties (2007)
►The Availability of Hospitalised Road User Data in OECD Member Countries (2003)
►Linking Hospital and Police data (next Programme of Work)
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►www.irtad.net
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