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Robust crash data systems are key to understand the nature and magnitude of the road safety problem and to propose appropriate solutions. However, resource constrained governments oftentimes lack adequate data systems or tools for collecting, storing, managing, analyzing, and reporting historic crash data. As a result of previous World Bank efforts, and with the aim of tackling this problem, a free open-source system for recording and visualizing geo-referenced crash data was developed and piloted. This system, Data for Road Incident Visualization, Evaluation, and Reporting (DRIVER), does not have licensing costs for clients and can be deployed by agencies interested in improving their crash data management systems. Originally in response to the absence of sound crash data in the Philippines, the World Bank, working with the Government of the Philippines (GoP), developed and piloted DRIVER starting 2014. After successfully completing the pilot phase in Cebu, and later in Manila, all relevant government agencies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on data input, sharing, and use in 2016, marking the beginning of DRIVER as the national level road crash data management platform. The GoP is working to scale-up DRIVER at national level with World Bank support, with pilots starting in other countries around the world. This tool complements the work recently started under the Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) which aims to support countries in generating reliable crash data. DRIVER’s successful implementation reinforces the growing demand for data and emphasizes the need for localization, capacity-building, and develo** robust road safety institutional arrangements.
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The DRIVER tool was developed and deployed thanks to support from the following donors: Bloomberg Philanthropies, UK Aid and the World Bank through the Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF); and the Government of Japan through the Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership.
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Burlacu, F.A., Paala, M.E.I.C., Raffo, V.I., Torres, J.M.V. (2022). Data for Road Incident Visualization, Evaluation, and Reporting (DRIVER): Case Studies of Cebu, Philippines and the Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO). In: Akhnoukh, A., et al. Advances in Road Infrastructure and Mobility. IRF 2021. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79801-7_10
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