This document consists of four parts. Chapter 1 summarizes the methods
and results of previous activities of SafetyNet WP2 (first classification of the
EU Member States with respect to risk exposure data availability and
compatibility, based on a state-of-the-art survey) and outlines the further steps
required for a full assessment of risk exposure data compatibility towards a
common framework for accident risk analysis in Europe. Moreover, it is
devoted to a description of the methodology used for the detailed
assessment of risk exposure data (RED) availability and comparability in the
EU, in terms of variables and values, collection methodologies and data
structure.
Chapter 2 concerns an analysis of the Risk Exposure Data (RED) needs in
the EU, as stated by National Experts of many Member States. The analysis
allows for the identification of the indicators, variables and values that are
most important to road safety researchers in the EU. This analysis is used as
a reference for the development of the common framework of Risk Exposure
Data.
The results of this analysis allow for the identification of comparable variables
and values per collection method for each indicator. The synthesis is included
in Chapter 3 of this document. More specifically, for each indicator and for
each collection method of that indicator, variables, values and definitions are
compared among EU countries. Within this framework, summary tables are
presented and transformation rules are proposed, where possible, for the
improvement of the comparability of Risk Exposure Data.
From this process the current common RED framework is identified, for
analyses using the CARE data, together with a set of comparable exposure
data. These comparable sets of exposure data are summarized in
Chapter 4 of this document. Moreover, these results are combined with those
of the analysis of the RED needs, allowing for an overall picture with respect
to the current and future potential of RED in the EU.
The detailed tables from the analysis of compatibility per indicator and per country are presented in Annex II.