The importance of good data and reporting in ASEAN countries

S The importance of good data and reporting in ASEAN countries 

Not all accidents and exposure variables are available in ASEAN countries, especially for what is considered necessary for meaningful comparisons like (fatalities, km. veh, fatalities by type of road user, by age distribution, by time, driving experience, types of vehicles, types of travel, etc.). 

Under the ADB-ASEAN project, local consultants and researchers have compared police data with other data available from hospitals, the Mimstry of Health and insurance companies. They estimated the true number of deaths and injuries occurring in each ASEAN country (Table 4.2). It was found that pohce-reported deaths are underestimated in a few countries but in most countries the reported deaths seemed to be reasonably accurate. In the case of injuries there were often very significant underestimated figures between the numbers of injuries that reported by the police and the numbers obtained from hospital or Ministry of Health records (ADB, 2004). 

Countiy De hs Definitiai of deaths in accident Deaths (estimated by ADB) Under Repoitii adjustment factor % hgniies IlQUties (estimated by ADB) Under Rqxntii adjustment tactor % 

Source AD -ASEAN-ASNET Regional Road Safety program 

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