Summary information

Study title

Road safety survey 2008

Creator

Swedish Road Administration

Study number / PID

snd0930-1-1.0 (SND)

https://doi.org/10.5878/001638 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

This is the 27th study in a series of annual surveys on road safety conducted since 1981. The study is conducted by Statistics Sweden on behalf of the the Swedish Transport Administration and aims to identify and analyse traffic safety statistics. The study is is done by a questionnaire directed to a stratified sample of the population. The study from 2008 had a 62,4 percent response rate and a sample of 9 600 randomly selected people aged between 15 and 84 years. The questions in the study include, for example, traffic behaviour and traffic patterns; attitudes to road safety and traffic rules, the relation between alcohol and traffic and child safety in traffic. Both motor traffic, bicycle and foot traffic is concerned. A total of 26 questions are used, including descriptive questions, estimation questions and attitude questions. Purpose: The survey aims to identify and analyse traffic safety statistics.

Methodology

Data collection period

19/03/2008 - 23/05/2008

Country

Sweden

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Individuals aged 15-84 years and residing in Sweden

Sampling procedure

A sample of 6 300 individuals, stratified after geographical areas for the Swedish Road Administration, was drawn from the Statistic Sweden register over the total population (RTB). An additional selection of 500 individuals were made for Region Norr, to allow separate report of Norrbottens and Västerbotten county. An additional selection of 2 700 individuals was also made for Region Mälardalen, to allow separate report of Uppsala, Södermanlands, Örebro och Västmanlands county. A certain "over selection" was based on covering. Total sample 9 600 individuals, 154 strata (11 geographic areas, 7 age groups, 2 gender).
Probability: Stratified

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Web-based interview

Access

Publisher

Swedish National Data Service

Publication year

2013

Terms of data access

Access to data through SND. Data are accessible by order.

Related publications

Not available