Statistics Austria’s deployment of self service reports National road accident statistics have been collected and compiled in Austria since 1961. Police are documenting each accident on public roads involving casualties using paper forms. As of Jan 2012, data describing the details of accidents will be collected electronically by the police authorities. Pre-validated data is transmitted daily to Statistics Austria using web –services. Monthly updates are published traditionally using reports as well as using SuperWEB, to allow controlled, self service access of defined users. As part of the new collection system, new attributes and new values sets will be collected, such as details regarding the drivers license, vehicle types, description of the location ... PARADIGMA has been commissioned by Statistics Austria to implement an automated process, integrating the daily deliveries of accident records from the Ministry of Interior, applying validation rules, compiling the cleansed authentic data and feeding the micro data in a SuperSTAR database. In cooperation with user groups and road safety experts, a set of sample reports have been developed to enhance the accessibility of the statistics. Benefits of the new process: lower cost of production (data capture) enhanced quality of the collected statistics through validity checks close to the source and seamless production process significant reduction of efforts to produce ad hoc analyses and reports, which are more numerous in road statistics than elsewhere partial shift of analyses workload from the NSO's statisticians to the ultimate users of the data better prevention of road accidents through the collection of additional factors www.paradigma.net

1. Road Accidents: a new statistical
production process
Statistics Austria’s deployment of self service
reports

2. Road Accident Statistics in Austria
 Since 1961, police are  As of Jan 2012, data describing
documenting each accident on the details of accidents will be
public roads using paper forms. collected electronically by the
police authorities.
 Statistical process uses OCR and
expends significant efforts to  Pre-validated data is transmitted
increase the quality of the daily to Statistics Austria using
statistics web – services
 Increase road safety in  Monthly updates are published
Austria, trough identification of traditionally using reports as well
dangerous sections and cause as using SuperWEB, to allow
analysis. controlled, self service access to
defined users.
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3. SuperSTAR in the production process of Statistics Austria
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4. Characteristics of the new production process
Additional attributes and new values sets:
• details regarding the drivers license,
• vehicle types, description of the location ...
Increased coverage of the statistics
• Resume collection of accident data without
casualties
Automated production process:
• daily deliveries from the Ministry of Interior
• Micro data analysis with SuperSTAR
Provide sample reports in SuperWEB to
• enhance the accessibility of the statistics
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• allow controlled access to confidential data

5. Road accidents reported by year and region
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6. Reduction in the number of casualties by state
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7. Accidents under the influence of alcohol by weekday
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8. Benefits of the new statistical production process
 lower cost of production (data capture)
 enhanced quality of the collected statistics through
validity checks close to the source and seamless
production process
 significant reduction of efforts to produce ad hoc analyses
and reports, which are more numerous in road statistics
than elsewhere
 partial shift of analyses workload from the NSO's
statisticians to the ultimate users of the data
 better prevention of road accidents through the collection
of additional factors
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