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Project objectives

Main Objective:

Design, validation, discussion and diffusion, at a Europeanlevel, of the best practices for the collection, processingand analysis of traffic accident data in urban areas.

Operative objectives:

Analysing in detail several Spanish cities of different size.

Detect the main problems & solutions in several EU cities.

Exchange experiences between experts from several EUcountries.

The final result:

A guide of advices and best practicesin order toimprove the systems that deal with the monitoring of trafficaccidents in urban areas.

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Structure of the project

Documentaryrevision

Case study(Spain)

Survey study(EU)

Workshop(EU)

Guide of bestpractices

Urbanpolicies

City/townRS authorities

National/regionalRS authorities

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Participants in the survey study

20 EU Countries

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European Workshop

Objectives Present the main

results of the project.

Interchange experiences.

Propose advices andbest practices tospread at the EU level: Urban/local Polices.

Municipality

RS authorities. Regional/NationalRS authorities.

Participants

12 EU Countries.

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The guide of best practices

Is mainly based on:A compilation of detected best

practices.

The exchange of experiences between

several EU municipalities.

The practical pilot experiences applied

in several Spanish cities.

Several adapted recommendations from

the European Statistics Code of Practice.

To contribute to the development of localtools:

More reliable and accurate knowledge,

to the accident rate problems in each

municipality.

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Index of the guide of best practices

1. Institutional context.2. Adequacy and homogenization of the collection criterions.

3. Improvement in data entry procedures.

4. Improvement of data collection questionnaire.

5. Improvements in the computer system for datamanagement and analysis.

6. Use of new technologies and introduction of the GIS.

7. Integration of the information through the linkage of

several data sources8. Training to the technical staff at any stages.

9. Data quality control.

10.Analysis and statistical production processes.

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2. Collection criterions

The standardization andhomogenisation comparisons atdifferent levels and clarify aneffectively use.

Objective tools to detect andtransfer the information.

Also standardize the procedures toobtain the information, to thehomogeneous understanding.

Recommendations ofspecialists in

accident data collection andprocessing.

Manuals and training for the policeforces must be developed, regardingthe EU standardizationrecommendations.

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3. Data entry procedures

Improving the field work of the police:

Appropriate quantity of information wide benefits.

The TA investigation, reconstructionand legal-administrative managementprocedure, being synchronised with thestatistical practices.

Monitoring the evolution of victims at30 days. It is much easier if carried outlocally.

Increase the motivation of the police:

Taking part in the design of thedata collection system.

Giving them feedback of statisticalresults.

Participating in the interventionsuggestions to improve the roadsafety.

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4. Collection questionnaire

Standardized collection protocol specifically designed for the urban areas.

The questionnaire has to be simple, easy, fast to fill out.

Information entered electronically, avoiding the task duplication.

Specific fields in relation with urban elements, accident types andurban context.

Content manuals should exist to describe the criterions to fill out.

Information about the sequence of accident evens to define theaccident type.

Systematic and periodic reviews.

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5. Computer systems

Local or remote access . Integrate all the procedures.

Computerize the

documentation.

Automatic queries and

statistics.

Flexible system.

Adaptable to future.

Information in short periods

of time.

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6. New technologies and the GIS systems

Expert or interactive system: Less missing data, errors, inconsistencies, time

Geographical Information Systems.

In situ accident data collection with PDA or laptop.

Text, pictures, videos, sketches, maps, etc.

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7. Integration of the information

Internal linking mechanisms with other databases available in the police

information system (only for statistical purposes):

Traffic (density,

volume)

Infrastructures

(characteristics, signs)

Vehicles (vehicle records)

Involved persons

(offence or complaint

records, driving licence

records), etc.

Unique identifier fields

allow the linkage with

external databases of the

health system.

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10.Analysis and production of statistics

Specialized tools, procedures and

knowledge, adapted to itscharacteristics.

Risk exposure indicators tocompare the information.

Other mechanisms of analysis of

the accident rate patterns whenexposure data are not available:

Spatial analysis.

GIS complementation.

Interventions studies (before-afteror prospective).

Public reports or statisticaldocuments.

Periodic statistics with as littledelay as possible.

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Finally

We need to pay more attention to: Specificity of urban traffic accidents. Quality of traffic accident information and data in urban

zones.

Not only the information should be standardized but

also the procedures to obtain it. The role, training and motivation of urban polices.

We should do or impulse: European studies about the current reality of urban

traffic accident data quality.

An European manual for the urban polices.

European guidelines for training and helping the urbanpolicemen.

New developments in database and statistical tools and

procedures.

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Thank you for your attention!

More information and the project reports in:

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