Road safety survey 2007
https://doi.org/10.5878/001637
This is the 26th 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 Road 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 2007 had a 61,6 percent response rate and a sample of 8 995 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 25 questions are used, including descriptive questions, estimation questions and attitude questions.
Purpose:
The aims of the study is to identify and analyse traffic safety statistics.
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
- Swedish Road Administration
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
No
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Language:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Individuals aged 15-84 years and residing in Sweden
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
A sample of 6 300 individuals, stratified after geographical areas for the Swedish Transport 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 Norrbotten and Västerbottens county. An additional selection of 2 100 individuals was also made for Region Väst, to allow separate report of Tanum, Grästorp och Lindköping.
A certain "over selection" was based on covering.
Total sample 8 995 individuals, 154 strata (11 geographic areas, 7 age groups, 2 gender)
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
95
Number of individuals/objects:
5539
Weighting:
Variable 9 can be used as a weight to make the data representative of the whole population.
Response rate/participation rate:
61.6%
Data format/data structure:
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Mode of collection:
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Time period(s) for data collection:
2007-03-15 - 2007-05-16
Data collector:
- Statistics Sweden
Source of the data:
- Population group
Instrument
Instrument
Name:
Questionnary 2007
Type:
Questionnaire
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Lowest geographic unit:
Municipality
Highest geographic unit:
National area (NUTS 2)
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
CESSDA topic classification:
Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:
Relations
Relations
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Publications
Publications
Citation:
Vägverket. (2007). Trafiksäkerhet. Resultat från trafiksäkerhetsenkäten 2007. Elektronisk publikation. Borlänge, Vägverket.
Metadata
Metadata
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Swedish Transport Administration