Transcript Leipzig 2008 Forum

Road safety data:
an essential tool for developing
effective
road safety policy
Fred Wegman, Chairman of IRTAD
24 February 2009
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
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
International benchmarking of mortality
rates
killed per 100 000 population in IRTAD countries
Greece
United States of America
Poland
Korea
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Iceland
Belgium
Italy
New Zealand
Spain
Portugal
Canada
Austria
Australia
France
Luxemburg
Finland
Germany
Israel
Japan
Denmark
Great Britain
Norway
Switzerland
Sweden
Netherlands
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
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
Different types of road safety data
Social costs
Outcome
Number killed and injured
Safety performance indicators
Safety measures and programmes
Structure and culture
Policy performance
Policy context
Analysing the situation
(example of Spain)
120
Evolution in road fatalities
Spain, 1990-2007
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
1990
1992
Bicycle
1994
1996
1998
Motos and scooters
2000
2002
Pedestrian
2004
2006
Car passengers
Comparing fatalities with exposure data
200
180
Evolution in number of fatalities among M2W and number of M2W
Spain, 1990-2007
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
Nb of mopeds and mofas
Nb of motos and scooters
Killed mopdes and mofas
Killed motos and scooters
2006
Comparing with other countries
160
140
Motorcyclists fatalities in 5 IRTAD countries
1990 = index 100
120
100
80
60
40
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
United States
Australia
Canada
Germany
Spain
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.
Seat belt wearing rates
100%
Seatbelt Wearing Rate, 2002, 2003 or 2004 data
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
Front
30%
20%
10%
0%
Rear
Linking interventions to
performance (example of Canada)
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
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
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)
► www.irtad.net
► Please,
join us in our workshop
► This afternoon, 16:00 – 18:00
► Melia Castilla Hotel