Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Accurate road crash reporting is essential for evaluating road safety interventions and plans. Under-reporting of road traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities in police records has been widely described. The aim of this study was to apply and evaluate a community crash recording system, and assess the quality of the data in comparison with traffic police data in Nepal.

Methods

The crash data collection methodology involved recruiting Local Record Keepers working and living at locations known to be at a high risk of crashes. Six shopkeepers were recruited at three crash locations and trained to complete collision incident forms for crashes occurring over one year on the section of road visible from their premises. Manual traffic volume and pedestrian counts, and s

SUBMITTER: Khadka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8862739 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature