Many road safety projects make use of official police road accident data. Their use is often restricted to data on fatal accidents and fatalities. The incomplete police data on road accident in-patients were compared with the hospital discharge data to establish how representative these were. During the years 1977-1979 it was found that the extent of under-reporting was constant and for the year 1979 the police data had a coverage of 83% of all road accident in-patients. The general structures of the police and hospital data were similar but there were differences. The under-reporting of users of motorized vehicles in the 15-34 age group was significantly smaller than for others; and of cyclists and pedestrins, particularly in the 0-14 age group, significantly greater. Police data are therefore reliable for time series and for period studies of most of transport/age group combination.
De Politieregistratie van Werkeersgewonden in Ziekenhuizen (Police Recording of Road Accident in-Patients)
1982
49 pages
Report
No indication
English
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