CARE
Community Road Accident Database

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GLOSSARY OF DEFINITIONS

ACCIDENT STATISTICS

STUDIES

• Update of the Annual Statistical Report and the Traffic Safety Basic Facts by SafetyNet.

• EU member states (except BE): data until 2004 in overview tables
• EUR-15 member states (GR, ES, IE, NL, PT): data for 2003 in detailed tables and graphs
• EUR-15 member states (DK, FR, AT, FI, UK): data for 2004 in detailed tables and graphs

• Updated versions (2004 and 2005) of the road safety quick indicator on the evolution of road accidents causing injuries in the Community

• The overview tables "Fatalities: actual figures" and "Fatalities: rate by population" have been updated
• Updated versions (2004 and 2005) of the road safety quick indicator on the evolution of road accidents causing injuries in the Community

• EU member states (except BE, SK): data until 2003 in overview tables
• EUR-15 member states (except BE, IT): data for 2002 in detailed tables and graphs

• The overview tables "Fatalities: actual figures" and "Fatalities: rate by population" have been updated
• Minor corrections in the detailed breakdown for Italy and Germany

• New detailed data :

  1998: L

  1999: L

  2000: DK, L, NL

  2001: L, NL

  2002: DK, E, IRL, L, NL, S

  2003: A

• New studies :
  • Number of fatalities in CARE-countries for the accident features concerning a. mopeds and b. speed limit motorways (SWOV, Netherlands)
  • Heavy goods vehicle accidents (KfV, Austria)

• New study :
  • Rear-end and chain accidents (SWOV, Netherlands)

• New study :
  • Motorcycle accidents (KfV, Austria)

• Restructuring of the website
• New accident statistics using the most recent available data :
  • Detailed breakdown for each country
  • Breakdown by age group and road user type
• Two new studies :
  • Evolution and Typology of Accidents and Severity (CETE)
  • Investigating explanatory factors in fatality trends and rates between EU countries Investigating differences in definitions and collection procedures (DfT)

• New detailed data :

  2001: B, EL

  2002: F, A, FIN, UK(*)

  (*) Data for Northern Ireland are missing

• Main figures for the year 2002 have been added
• Main figures for the candidate countries have been added
• New table 'Rate by population' added

• New graphs added : 

  People aged 6-11 killed or seriously injured in road accidents, for each hour and day of the week (rate by population in the age group)

• New data added :

  1998: P (*)

  1999: P (*)

  2000: P (*)

  2001: DK, F, IRL, P (*)

  2002: P (*)

  (*) Age of driver is missing

• Data for Spain for the years 1999, 2000 and 2001 added

• New topic 'Various graphs' added

  People aged 18-25 killed in road accidents, for each hour and day of the week

• New category 'Vehicle Group' added
• Graphical representations of all statistical tables
• New data added :

  	2000 :	B, EL, IRL, FIN, S, UK (Northern Ireland data are missing)
  	2001 :	A, FIN, S, UK (Northern Ireland data are missing)

• Links to websites of national and international institutions

• CARE website published on the internet