Book Description
Transport Canada initiated, managed and funded this research project - An Inventory of Road Safety Databases and Research Information in Canada, for the purposes of identifying and documenting: 1) all road safety research databases presently existing within Canadian organisations involved in surface transportation issues, 2) all related research efforts (projects, studies, etc.) that have been completed or initiated since January 1, 1995 and in particular research efforts that have utilised/analysed road safety research databases identified in 1) and that are focused on the priority issues identified from the 1994 National Road Safety Symposium 'Road Safety in Canada: 2001, Facing the Challenge'. This report describes all aspects related to the conduct of this research project. The methods used for identifying database managers and researchers, collecting database and research activity information, carrying out the national survey, and documenting, coding and archiving the final inventory results are discussed in detail. The survey was carried out over the period January to March 1997. A total of 66 database managers and 77 researchers were contacted. Information was collected on a total of 91 databases, with the following breakdown on the 'main' collection unit: accidents (26), roadway sections (24), driver (16), vehicle (20), and other (5). Information was collected on a total of 55 research projects and studies.