Data on accidents and incidents are essential for monitoring safety performance and developing safety improvement techniques.

In all modes of transport, there are considerable concerns about uncertainties regarding the quantity, quality and reliability of the collected data. This in turn affects the usage of the data for safety and risk analysis and decision-support models. Furthermore, the increasing size and numbers of databases relevant to safety and risk management lead to growing demand for appropriate tools to measure the data quality, develop benchmarks, identify uncertainties and safety issues and assist decision makers in prioritising these issues. In addition, when safety data are used in an international context problems arise due to different formats, classifications or collection methods.

Therefore, this research theme develops:

  • The middleware, capable of integrating data from different entities and pre-processing them to be ready for analysis
  • The tools for the determination (and improvement of data) quality, reliability and continuity
  • An optimal template for capturing data
  • Tools for data analysis.

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