A recent analysis conducted by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC 2001) identified that no single accident database could meet all of the needs and that there were major gaps including in-depth accident and injury causation. This document is a methodology development report detailing the task of setting up an accident causation data collection routine across six EU partner countries. The report details how the task will work with existing accident investigation networks to develop an in-depth accident causation database, using a combination of on scene and retrospective methods, including interviews, scene and vehicle inspections. The document describes the type of data that will be recorded and analysed for each case to provide a description of the whole crash. The report also indicates how the data variables have been determined and how a database for storage of the information has been developed. (Author/publisher)
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