Relevance
Statistics
cover data related to both total road traffic accidents and road traffic
casualties. Total road traffic accidents
comprise minor accidents without casualties, accidents involving injuries (in
which persons are slightly or grievously injured), and fatal accidents.
Methodological
description
Road
traffic accidents data are compiled from administrative information provided by
the Police Department, and the Malta Insurance Association (Guard and Warden
Services Limited) on a monthly basis.
Accuracy and
reliability of data
Data
is checked for consistency and compared with the data from the previous quarter
and month. In case anomalies emerge,
queries are sent directly to the respective source for clarification.
Timeliness and
punctuality of data
The
‘Road Traffic Accidents’ news release is published quarterly on the NSO’s
website as scheduled in the Advance
News Release Calendar. Data for a
particular reference quarter is published in the following quarter.
Data is also forwarded to Eurostat by filling in the necessary details in the ‘Common Questionnaire for Inland Transport Statistics’. Data is submitted within 9 to 12 months after
reference calendar year.
Accessibility and
clarity of data
Tables
on road traffic accidents are also included in an annual publication ‘Transport Statistics’
which is available on the NSO’s website.
Coherence and
comparability / consistency of data
Road
Traffic Accidents data is fully comparable at a regional and district level as
from year 2005.
Such
data collection is the only source which brings together information on road
traffic accidents. Coherence tests with other domains are not applicable.