Statistics and Trend Analysis of Fatality Numbers within 30 Days of Road Traffic Accidents in the Republic of China
- Date：2019-03-06
- Update：2019-03-06
- Department：IOT
Project Overview：
The calculation of the number of fatalities and injuries in road traffic accidents by the National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior is based on the death within 24 hours after an accident and the parties who died more than 24 hours after the accident were all identified as injured. However, compared with international data, this Institute started processing the "Statistics of Fatality Numbers within 30 Days of Road Traffic Accidents in Republic of China" since 2007. The cause of death database by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the accident database of National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior are used to link the each accident party’s death date, and to produce the Statistics of Fatality Numbers within 30 Days of Road Traffic Accidents and related reports, which are published on the Institute's Transportation Safety Website Information System (TALAS) regularly for the reference of all sectors.
In addition, in order to enable the competent authorities of all levels in charge of roads to grasp the safety levels of road traffic under their jurisdiction, and to grasp long-term trends and accident characteristics, this Institute conducted analysis on the "Trend of Fatality Numbers within 30 Days of Road Traffic Accidents between 2013 and 2016" of all counties and cities, based on the Statistics of Fatality Numbers within 30 Days of Road Traffic Accidents and related reports published in the TALAS website, to understand the levels and trends of road safety under the conditions of different vehicle types, age groups, and influence of alcohol.
Research outcomes：
In observing long road safety standards with the long-term trend, the county and city governments are encouraged to make good use of the information: This project demonstrates how to observe the long-term trend and analysis of road safety standard based on the reports published in the website of this Institute to assist all local governments to make good use of the information to improve the road traffic safety.
The levels of road safety of all counties and cities is presented along the dimensions of severity and growth rate: The two dimensions of average accident growth rate in the past four years and the fatality numbers per population unit (number of vehicles) are used to explore the accident conditions of different attributes such as old persons, young persons, motorcycles, bicycles/pedestrians, automobiles respectively, and historical among all counties and cities are made to identify directions for the necessary improvements.
Promotion of Outcomes and Benefits：
On December 27, 2017, this Institute submitted its report to the Road Traffic Safety Committee of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and delivered by mail to the local government's Road Safety Forum to enable local officials to truly understand road safety levels in their jurisdictions and to improve road traffic safety through measures that matter.
Summary of Key Research Outcomes ：
