Unregistered Transport - Mobility, Safety and new Technologies, 2017

The project aimed to obtain data on exposure and accidents on 'marginal' modes of transport by exploiting new developments in information technology, and adressed the prioritized theme 1: Interaction between technology and individual/organization/society with regard to transportation safety. The project was organized in six work packages(WPs). The first WP "Alternative methods and technologies to be utilised for mapping exposure and risks" was an overarching task that investigated the possibility to gain better data on exposure and risks by use of mobile app technology for mapping exposure, and resulted in an operational device to be used in subsequent WPs. WPs 2-5 are case studies of modes of travel that are currently poorly covered with respect to exposure and accidents: WP2 Children's travels to school, WP3 Leisure boat travel, WP4 Walking and cycling on and off roads and WP5 Snow scooter and ATV
travel. We used both traditional survey techniques and new app technology to register trip data and obtain data on travel volumes. We utilized a unique data source (Harstad Injury Data Base) along with self reports to map accidents/injuries and provided nationwide accident and risk estimates for the groups studied.
WP6 sums up and disseminate results both about exposure, accidents and risks for the travel modes covered and about implications for planning and policy both for the use of app technology to obtain data and in practice to inform authorities about safety critical issues.
Users were involved in all stages of the project, and results has been disseminated to stakeholders and the research community through scientific journals, presentations at international conference and research reports. The project has answered to the demand in the TRANSIKK program for new prioritization tools in order to improve safety and security governance, and to a stated demand from the program committee for methodological innovation.