Road crashes and data transparency
NSW takes lead in sharing secret road crash data
"Advocates say creating a centralised national database would help improve analysis of the causes of road deaths and injuries, which prominent Sydney trauma surgeon John Crozier estimates costs the nation $30 billion a year, including via decades-long legacy support through the National Disability Insurance Scheme."
"...The last six months have been the deadliest half-year period on Australian roads since 2010. In the 12 months through January 31, 1257 people were killed, up 5.4 per cent on the same period a year earlier. NSW experienced the second-biggest increase in that time, with fatalities rising 31 per cent, behind a 40 per cent jump in South Australia."
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https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/nsw-takes-lead-in-sharing-secret-road-crash-data-20240216-p5f5gh
Mobility design for deaths and injuries
It appears that the 'safety data' has only fossil fuel powered mobility on bitumen roads in mind. There seems to be an omission of foot-traffic (footpaths), separated bicycle paths or public transport in the concept. The killing of biodiversity via vehicles also does not enter the statistics. This mono-cultural mobility design and dataset is one of the 'integral accident'.
“NSW has a transparent approach to road safety data, with a publicly available dataset on the Centre for Road Safety website and daily updates of fatalities on our roads.">
https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/statistics/interactive-crash-statistics
#Roads #cars #SUVs #infrastructure #Trauma #crash #DataTransparency #FossilFuel #culture #MobilityDesign #sacrifice #deaths #biodiversity #IntegralAccident
The #euvsdisinfo #dataset is a fantastic resource—well-structured, highly useful, and a great example of proactive #data sharing in the #research of #disinformation. I’ll be using it in an upcoming research project!
That said, the data collection #methodology remains a bit opaque. If anyone has insights on how the data is gathered, I’d love to hear more!
