Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux

Type de document

RAPPORT DE RECHERCHE

Langue

anglais

Auteur

HILL ; TALBOT ; MARTINSSON ; FAGERLIND ; ALDAH ; ATALAR ; DODSON ; JANSCH ; ROYNARD ; MARTENSEN ; MARGARITIS ; VAN ELSLANDE ; PERRIN ; HERMITTE ; GIUSTINIANI ; DAVIDSE ; OCAMPO SANCHEZ ; GOMEZ MENDEZ ; PAEZ ; FERRER

Résumé / Abstract

In-depth data describing the causes of accidents and injuries provides a major contribution to the development of new safety policies. It is essential when conducting impact assessments of existing or future safety policies and it plays a vital role when developing and evaluating technology countermeasures. There is no in-depth data available to describe the causes of accidents and injuries for Europe as a whole although earlier studies have conducted pilot investigations to develop protocols. DaCoTA has built upon previous work with the intention of establishing the infrastructure for a future investigation system that will then be deployed beyond the completion of the project. This deliverable contains the final update of the DaCoTA manual and protocols for in-depth road accident investigations in Europe, which were tested and updated following a pioneering Europe-wide In-Depth Pilot Study during 2012. The results of the pilot study were used to further refine and improve the data collection methodology. The DaCoTA training manual outlines all of the variables that are required to be gathered during in-depth accident investigation and input into the DaCoTA database. Most of the latest methodology is included in this deliverable, although the full system can be viewed online in an interactive manner at the website address: http://dacota-investigation-manual.eu. ; RAPPORT DE RECHERCHE FINAL

Editeur

EUROPEAN COMMISSION