Countries compare their road safety as they do their economies, namely to see if they are better than others. The OECD has recently started an "International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD)" as a permanent measuring instrument. It contains, per country, annual figures, since the mid-seventies, for numbers of road accidents and victims according to various defined variables and classes. The same is done for the road network length, numbers of motor-vehicles, and numbers of kilometres travelled. It also contains basic data as area and population. This data collection can be used to make countries comparable, which are very different in size and population. French abstract: Cette communication porte sur la comparaison des donnees en matiere de securite routiere au plan international et sur la banque de donnees internationale sur la circulation et d' accidents de la route (IRTAD) en cours de mise en place par l' OCDE a la BAST en Allemagne. (Voir fiche generale du congres 127723 et fiche generale de ce fascicule 128442). Paper is published in English.
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