An account is given of an investigation into the evaluation of the Periodic Regional Survey on Road Safety (PROV). The evaluation focuses on three aspects: (a) the representative reliability of the sample; (b) the composition and contents of the list of questions; and (c) the use and practical value of the PROV for the users. Each of these three aspects was investigated as a separate unit of study. The PROV data were assembled by means of a written survey. The most important recommendations for improving the PROV are: (1) using a more direct way of sampling that offers a better guarantee with regard to non-selective response; (2) making questions about background characteristics in the PROV easier to compare with in the PROV easier to compare with corresponding questions in the Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the National Travel Survey (OVG); (3) replacing or omitting questions about support for measures, about accidents, and about risks of arrest in hypothetical situations; (4) modifying the wording and answer alternatives for some questions; (5) adding questions about the following structurally relevant subjects: 30 km/h areas and mobility choices; (6) adding questions about a provisionally topical subject: moped certificates; (7) having a more region-specific form of reporting; and (8) continuing the distribution of PROV results in brochure form.
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