CARE – Geographical Information Systems

Road accidents in the European Union using a Geographical Information System (GIS)

A map user guide is available to describe the layout and contents of the following thematic maps.

	2010	2009	2008	2007	2005	2001
Updated on:	April 2012	April 2012	Dec 2010
Reduction in Road Deaths versus 2001 (%)
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants Youngsters: Age 15-17
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants Youngsters: Age 18-24
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants The Elderly: Age >64
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants Pedestrians
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants Cars and Taxis
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants NUTS-1 Regions
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants NUTS-2 Regions
Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants NUTS-3 Regions
Road Deaths by Age Group
Road Deaths by Age Group Inside Built-Up Areas
Road Deaths by Age Group Outside Built-Up Areas
Road Deaths by Area Type
Road Deaths by Area Type Drivers
Road Deaths by Area Type Pedestrians
Road Deaths by Gender
Road Deaths by User Type
Road Deaths by User Type Inside Built-Up Areas
Road Deaths by User Type Outside Built-Up Areas
Road Deaths by Transport Mode
Road Deaths by Transport Mode Inside Built-Up Areas
Road Deaths by Transport Mode Outside Built-Up Areas

A first analysis has been done on the CARE database aiming at exploring the possibilities of CARE data exploitation in a geographical information system (GIS). This first analysis led to the launch of a project called 'GIS support to CARE'. A first step of the project was the analysis of the user requirements and inventory of the available data and datasets. For the user requirements analysis part, a questionnaire regarding the use of maps with data from CARE database was sent to Project Officers of the European Commission and experts in the Member States. The results suggest that two kind of 'tools' could be of interest for the end users : a set of thematic maps (paper maps in PDF format) for the citizen and in interactive web GIS interface for the experts. The results of the questionnaire also permit to draw a list of predefined thematic maps on accidents and a web GIS interface with a set o tools.

These tools - a set of thematic maps as PDF files and a Web GIS interface - were part of the second phase of the 'GIS support to CARE' project.

These two new tools exploiting the power of map representation will complement the reporting tools already used and better fulfil the objectives of road safety policy.

The maps presented in the table above is the first result of the 'GIS support to CARE' project. It presents a set of thematic maps in PDF format representing accident variables for European countries for different years.