Sampling bias and weight factors for in-depth motorcycle crash data in Thailand

Autor: Naravit Thongnak, Kunnawee Kanitpong, Tomofumi Saitoh, Nils Lubbe
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: IATSS Research, Vol 46, Iss 3, Pp 322-328 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0386-1112
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2022.03.002
Popis: Motorcycle crashes are documented in Thailand's national records but are underreported and lacking detail. In-depth motorcycle crash data, collected by Thailand Accident Research Center (TARC), contains a smaller number of motorcycle crashes but more detail. However, to draw conclusions at a national level, representativeness of the TARC in-depth data is currently unknown, and the correction of sampling biases may be required. In this study, the Capture-recapture method was used to examine the underreporting in the national crash data (from the government insurance company). It was found that 69% of fatal and 70% of non-fatal injuries were underreported, respectively. The in-depth crash data was found to be biased. The weighting methods post-stratification and iterative proportional fitting were applied to compensate for the bias and are shown to improve the representativeness of the in-depth motorcycle crash data. Weighted in-depth crash data appears to be suitable to draw conclusions on motorcyclist safety in Thailand.
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