Improving the efficiency and quality of road crashes data in the Sultanate of Oman: evidence-based recommendations
Improving the efficiency and quality of road crashes data in the Sultanate of Oman: evidence-based recommendations
Reliable Road Traffic Crash (RTC) data are essential for accurately identifying risk factors, establishing priority areas for policy interventions and evaluating intervention outcomes. In many countries, inadequate and inconsistent data pose challenges for developing evidence-based policies for reducing the RTC burden, while RTC continue to exert significant impact on national and family resources. We conducted a critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the National Road Traffic Crash (NRTC) database in Oman. This assessment was grounded in the development of a holistic, integrated framework to evaluate the causes and consequences of RTC. The integrated framework of RTC was developed, building on the behavioural, economic, social, technological, and environmental dimensions outlined in the Haddon Matrix and the C3-R3 systems model. We then critically assessed the NRTC database and proposed coherent strategies to enhance the recording, monitoring, and analysis of RTC data. Our evaluation highlighted the relevance of key variables necessary for understanding the dynamics and complexities of RTC, as well as the gaps and challenges present in the NRTC database. The paucity of relevant RTC data hindered our ability to accurately predict and validate the interactive effects of factors associated with RTC and related injury outcomes. The limitations of the NRTC database underscores the urgent need for structured modifications including multi-sectoral data integration. Our integrated framework can improve the quality of NRTC database, help policymakers to better understand the dynamics and complex interplay of RTC factors and enable the implementation of data-driven policies for effective road safety interventions.
Road Traffic Crashes, National Road Traffic Crash Database, Sultanate of Oman, Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Royal Oman Police, Policy, Database, Framework
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Al Aamri, Amira
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Padmadas, Sabu S.
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Zhang, Li-Chun
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Al-Maniri, Abdullah
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28 May 2025
Al Aamri, Amira
3878e033-0401-469d-bf28-981d86028215
Padmadas, Sabu S.
64b6ab89-152b-48a3-838b-e9167964b508
Zhang, Li-Chun
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Al-Maniri, Abdullah
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Al Aamri, Amira, Padmadas, Sabu S., Zhang, Li-Chun and Al-Maniri, Abdullah
(2025)
Improving the efficiency and quality of road crashes data in the Sultanate of Oman: evidence-based recommendations.
Journal of Road Safety, 36 (2), , [36].
(doi:10.33492/JRS-D-25-1-2563701).
Abstract
Reliable Road Traffic Crash (RTC) data are essential for accurately identifying risk factors, establishing priority areas for policy interventions and evaluating intervention outcomes. In many countries, inadequate and inconsistent data pose challenges for developing evidence-based policies for reducing the RTC burden, while RTC continue to exert significant impact on national and family resources. We conducted a critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the National Road Traffic Crash (NRTC) database in Oman. This assessment was grounded in the development of a holistic, integrated framework to evaluate the causes and consequences of RTC. The integrated framework of RTC was developed, building on the behavioural, economic, social, technological, and environmental dimensions outlined in the Haddon Matrix and the C3-R3 systems model. We then critically assessed the NRTC database and proposed coherent strategies to enhance the recording, monitoring, and analysis of RTC data. Our evaluation highlighted the relevance of key variables necessary for understanding the dynamics and complexities of RTC, as well as the gaps and challenges present in the NRTC database. The paucity of relevant RTC data hindered our ability to accurately predict and validate the interactive effects of factors associated with RTC and related injury outcomes. The limitations of the NRTC database underscores the urgent need for structured modifications including multi-sectoral data integration. Our integrated framework can improve the quality of NRTC database, help policymakers to better understand the dynamics and complex interplay of RTC factors and enable the implementation of data-driven policies for effective road safety interventions.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 28 May 2025
Published date: 28 May 2025
Keywords:
Road Traffic Crashes, National Road Traffic Crash Database, Sultanate of Oman, Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Royal Oman Police, Policy, Database, Framework
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/503099
ISSN: 2652-4260
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Abdullah Al-Maniri
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