Estimation of the real number of road casualties in Europe

Broughton, J; Keigan, M; Yannis, G; Evgenikos, P; Chaziris, A; Papadimitriou, E; Bos, NM; Hoeglinger, S; Perez, K; Amoros, E; Hollo, P; Tecl, J

dc.contributor.author	Broughton, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Keigan, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Yannis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Evgenikos, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Chaziris, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Papadimitriou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Bos, NM	en
dc.contributor.author	Hoeglinger, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Perez, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Amoros, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Hollo, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Tecl, J	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:33:26Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:33:26Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0925-7535	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20411
dc.subject	Correction coefficient	en
dc.subject	European study	en
dc.subject	Hospital data	en
dc.subject	Police data	en
dc.subject	Road casualty under-reporting	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Industrial	en
dc.subject.classification	Operations Research & Management Science	en
dc.subject.other	Correction coefficient	en
dc.subject.other	Correction coefficients	en
dc.subject.other	European Countries	en
dc.subject.other	Injury severity	en
dc.subject.other	Length of stay	en
dc.subject.other	Non-fatal	en
dc.subject.other	Real number	en
dc.subject.other	Remaining differences	en
dc.subject.other	Road safety	en
dc.subject.other	Road users	en
dc.subject.other	Accidents	en
dc.subject.other	Hospitals	en
dc.subject.other	Law enforcement	en
dc.subject.other	Motor transportation	en
dc.subject.other	Number theory	en
dc.subject.other	Roads and streets	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	Austria	en
dc.subject.other	Czech Republic	en
dc.subject.other	data collection method	en
dc.subject.other	France	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	hospitalization	en
dc.subject.other	Hungary	en
dc.subject.other	injury severity	en
dc.subject.other	length of stay	en
dc.subject.other	mortality	en
dc.subject.other	Netherlands	en
dc.subject.other	pedestrian	en
dc.subject.other	police	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	Spain	en
dc.subject.other	standard	en
dc.subject.other	traffic accident	en
dc.subject.other	traffic safety	en
dc.subject.other	United Kingdom	en
dc.title	Estimation of the real number of road casualties in Europe	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.ssci.2009.09.012	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2009.09.012	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Within this research, the police under-reporting of non-fatal road accident casualties in eight European countries was examined by means of a common methodology applied in each country. Eight national studies were carried out using the common methodology, and this allowed to prepare valid estimates of the level of under-reporting of non-fatal road casualties in Europe in a disaggregate form (namely by country, road user type and injury severity). This provided an insight into the variation of road casualty under-reporting in Europe. Moreover, a new common definition for road casualty severity was proposed that makes use of internationally recognised medical standards. This was established by examining two different injury severity standards, the casualty's length of stay in hospital and the casualty's maximum AIS score. The under-reporting coefficients developed within this research were applied to estimate the real number of non-fatal serious road accident casualties, according to the new proposed common definition. For almost all countries, the actual number of serious casualties according to the new proposed definition was found lower than the number of police-recorded serious casualties. With the newly estimated number of serious casualties, the values of the ratio of serious casualties to fatalities are much less widespread across countries. These remaining differences can thus be attributed to real differences in road safety between the Countries, after having controlled for the different under-reporting levels and injury severity definitions. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Safety Science	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.ssci.2009.09.012	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000275158900012	en
dc.identifier.volume	48	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	365	en
dc.identifier.epage	371	en