Self-reporting traffic crashes – a systematic literature review

Kamaluddin, Noor Azreena; Andersen, Camilla Sloth; Larsen, Mette Kathrine; Meltofte, Katrine Rabjerg; Várhelyi, András

doi:10.1186/s12544-018-0301-0

European Transport Research Review

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Table 2 Summary of the studies reviewed based on method

From: Self-reporting traffic crashes – a systematic literature review

Num.	Publication	Recall period	Selection of respondents	Number of respondents	Response rate (%)	Type of road user / crashes	Age-group	Link to other database?
Paper Questionnaire
1	Aduen et al. [115]	1–3 years	Random sample	3259	90	Car	Adults^a	Yes, other
2	af Wåhlberg [144]	3 months-1 year	Random sample - specific criteria^b	9969	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
3	Álvarez et al. [116]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	53	100	All types	Adults^a	Yes, other
4	Bagdadi and Várhelyi [76]	1–3 years	Volunteers	166	100	Car	Adults^a	Yes, other
5	Bajaj et al. [20]	1–3 years	Other	120	72	Car	Adults^a	Yes, other
6	Berecki-Gisolf et al. [21]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	57,154	27	More than one but not all (car & motorcycle)	Adults^a	No
7	Buckley and Sheehan [82]	1–3 months	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	934	n/a	Motorcycle	Children and youngsters	No
8	Chang and Yeh [25]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1451	24	Motorcycle	Adults^a	No
9	Cheng and Ng [133]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	920	74–90%	Motorcycle	Adults^a	No
10	Dingli et al. [88]	1–3 months	Random sample - specific criteria^b	427	n/a	All types	Children and youngsters	No
11	Gras et al. [106]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	1452	n/a	More than one but not all (car & motorcycle)	Other (19–30 years)	No
12	Henriksson et al. [127]	1–3 years	Random sample	1362	65	Car	Elderly	No
13	Horswill et al. [26]	3–5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	271	11	Car	Elderly	No
14	Ibrahim et al. [27]	3 months-1 year	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1324	88	Pedestrian	Other (18–24 years)	No
15	Isler and Newland [96]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	160	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
16	Jiménez-Mejías et al. [28]	3 months-1 year	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	1114	n/a	Car	Other (University students –young)	No
17	Koekemoer et al. [29]	More than 5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	536	n/a	Pedestrian	Children and youngsters	No
18	King and Parker [71]	More than 5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	171	86	Car	Adults^a	No
19	Korpinen and Pääkkönen [72]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	6121	41	All types	Adults^a	No
20	Laapotti et al. [30]	3–5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	8434	48	Car	Adults^a	No
21	Lafont et al. [31]	3–5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1051	approx. 50	Car	Elderly	No
22	Lucidi et al. [109]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1008	n/a	Car	Other (18–23 years)	No
23	Mamo et al. [124]	3–5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	213	98	Only taxi	Adults^a	No
24	Ma et al. [32]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	248	71	Other (taxi & bus)	Adults^a	No
25	Nordfjærn et al. [73]	More than 5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	247	23	Car	Adults^a	No
26	Ross et al. [131]	More than 5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	106	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
27	Pizza et al. [79]	More than 5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	339	n/a	Car	Children and youngsters	No
28	Salminen et al. [113]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	306	37–42	Bus	Adults^a	Yes, to insurance records
29	Schanke et al. [33]	More than 5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	93	74	Car	Other (18–25 years)	Yes, other
30	Scott-Parker et al. [34]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	1076	n/a	Car	Other (18–20 years)	No
31	Sirin et al. [35]	Other (during pregnancy)	Random sample - specific criteria^b	37,081	70	Car	Adults^a	No
32	Stephan et al. [36]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	87,134	44	All types	Adults^a	No
33	Tetali et al. [37]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	5789	99	All types	Children and youngsters	No
34	Tran et al. [145]	1–3 years	Volunteers	42,785	n/a	More than one but not all (car & pedestrian)	Adults^a	No
35	Tronsmoen [84]	Not specified	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1419	37	Car	Other (18–20 years)	No
36	Twisk et al. [75]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	2310	n/a	More than one but not all (pedestrian & cyclist)	Children and youngsters	No
37	Warner et al. [122]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	200	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
38	Warner et al. [122]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	200	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
39	Wood et al. [38]	3–5 years	Random sample	267	75	Car	Elderly	No
40	Zhao et al. [39]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	1533	68–72	Car	Other (16–18 years)	No
Online Questionnaire
41	af Wåhlberg et al. [40]	Up to 3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	9824	n/a	More than one but not all (car, bus, police driver, fleet, truck)	Adults^a	Yes, other
42	af Wåhlberg [41]	More than 5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	2665	n/a	Car	Other (< 25 years)	No
43	Bongers et al. [125]	1–3 years	Other - specific criteria^b	1528	30	All types	Adults^a	No
44	Boufous et al. [15]	3 months-1 year	Random sample - specific criteria^b	2991	60	Car	Other (17–24 years)	Yes, to police records
45	Brandau et al. [42]	Not specified	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	213	42	Motorcycle	Children and youngsters	No
46	Darby et al. [43]	1–3 years	Other	16,004	57	More than one but not all (car and van)	Adults^a	Yes, to company records
47	Davey et al. [80]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	4195	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
48	De Gruyter et al. [94]	1–3 years	Other - specific criteria^b	741	n/a	Motorcycle	Other (average age of 21.8 years)	No
49	Gliklich et al. [95]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	1211	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
50	Goldenbeld et al. [22]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	2553	69	Bicycle	Other (> 12 years)	No
51	Hollingworth et al. [107]	3–5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	4961	n/a	Bicycle	Other (16–88 years)	No
52	Lahrmann et al. [23]	1–3 months	Volunteers	3845	86	Bicycle	Other (average age of 31 years)	No
53	Lahrmann et al. [23]	1–3 months	Volunteers	6793	80	Bicycle	Other (average age of 46 years)	No
54	Lahrmann et al. [24]	1–3 months	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	6793	76–85	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
55	Loukaitou-Sideris et al. [44]	More than 5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	5167	1–7	More than one but not all (pedestrian & cyclist)	Adults^a	Yes, to police records
56	Madsen et al. [45]	1–3 months	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	3845	86	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
57	Medury et al. [137]	More than 5 years	Volunteers	Not mentioned	n/a	More than one but not all (pedestrian & cyclist)	Adults^a	Yes, other
58	O’Connor et al. [46]	Not specified	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	307	n/a	Car	Other (average age of 19 years)	No
59	Palk et al. [85]	Not specified	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	717	14	Car	Other (16–24 years & > 25 years)	No
60	Poulos et al. [129]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	2038	n/a	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
61	Powell et al. [120]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	35,217	88	Car	Adults^a	No
62	Poulos et al. [47]	<= 1 month	Volunteers	2038	n/a	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
63	Scott-Parker et al. [48]	3 months-1 year	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	378	67	Car	Other (17–25 years)	No
64	Scott-Parker et al. [114]	3 months-1 year	Random sample - specific criteria^b	390	n/a	Car	Other (17–25 years)	No
65	Shaw et al. [87]	3 months-1 year	Random sample - specific criteria^b	136	Other	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
66	Stelling-Konczak et al. [49]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	2250	n/a	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
67	Sumer [86]	3–5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	2541	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
68	Thiese et al. [128]	Lifetime	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	797	93	Other (truck drivers)	Adults^a	No
69	Thornley et al. [50]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	2469	44	Bicycle	Adults^a	Yes, other
70	Tin Tin et al. [136]	More than 5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	2438	43	Bicycle	Adults^a	Yes, to more than one
71	Vanparijs et al. [98]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	163	15	Bicycle	Children and youngsters	Yes, to more than one
72	Vingilis et al. [123]	3–5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	501	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
73	Warner et al. [122]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	200	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
Questionnaire – Not specified further
74	af Wåhlberg [132]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	157	n/a	Bus	Adults^a	Yes, to company records
75	Chai et al. [93]	1–3 years	Volunteers	38	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
76	Lucidi et al. [110]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	485	n/a	Car	Elderly	No
77	Mallia et al. [141]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	301	1	Bus	Adults^a	No
78	Nordfjærn et al. [73]	More than 5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	299	85	Car	Adults^a	No
79	Nordfjærn et al. [73]	More than 5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	599	72	Car	Adults^a	No
80	Nordfjærn et al. [73]	More than 5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	415	70	Car	Adults^a	No
81	Qu et al. [89]	1–3 years	Volunteers	246	80	Car	Adults^a	No
82	Richer and Bergeron [112]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	72 (driving simulation), 75 (self-report dangerous driving behaviour)	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
83	Steg and Brussel [74]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	146	37	Motorcycle	Other (16–25 years)	No
84	Sullman et al. [97]	1–3 years	Other - specific criteria^b	339	n/a	Truck	Adults^a	No
85	Warner et al. [122]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	200	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
86	Winters and Branion-Calles [139]	1–3 months	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1148	n/a	Bicycle	Adults^a	Yes, to insurance records
87	Wundersitz [83]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	396	n/a	Car	Other (16–24 years)	Yes, to police records
Face-to-face Interview
88	Begg and Gulliver [77]	3–5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	933	95	Car	Other (21 and 26 years)	Yes, other
89	Bon de Sousa et al. [92]	1–3 years	Other - specific criteria^b	612	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
90	Chen [70]	Not specified	Random sample	194	41	Car	Adults^a	No
91	Cunningham et al. [51]	1–3 years	Other	18,950	n/a	All types	Adults^a	Yes, to hospital records
92	Finestone et al. [52]	3–5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	43	77	Car	Adults^a	Yes, to hospital records
93	Haymes et al. [53]	3–5 years	Other	95	1	Unclear (motor vehicle collision)	Elderly	Yes, to police records
94	Magalhães et al. [117]	More than 5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1516	1	More than one but not all (all excluding trains, streetcars and the underground)	Adults^a	No
95	Ngueutsa and Kouabenan [54]	Not specified	Volunteers	525	95	All types	Other (16–76 years)	No
96	Zhang et al. [102]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1422	95	Other (farm vehicles)	Adults^a	No
Telephone interview
97	Armstrong et al. [90]	3–5 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1609	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
98	Begg et al. [55]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1428	36	Car	Other (15–24 years)	Yes, to police records
99	Campbell et al. [130]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	215	n/a	Car	Children and youngsters	No
100	Fuller et al. [56]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	847 / 1100 / 1190 (Three times survey	n/a	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
101	Hoggarth et al. [135]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	58	n/a	Car	Elderly	Yes, to police records
102	Ivers et al. [57]	3 months-1 year	Random sample - specific criteria^b	2399 (baseline), 2128 (3 months), 2102 (12 months)	88–89	Motorcycle	Adults^a	Yes, to police records
103	Johnson [103]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	504	n/a	Motorcycle	Adults^a	Yes, to police records
104	Ross et al. [121]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	350	50	Car	Elderly	Yes, to police records
105	Mann et al. [142]	1–3 years	Random sample	4897	54–63	Car	Adults^a	No
106	Mann et al. [81]	1–3 years	Random sample	2676	54–62	Car	Adults^a	No
107	Mann et al. [118]	1–3 years	Random sample	5298	56–61	Car	Adults^a	No
108	Mann et al. [119]	1–3 years	Random sample	8481	53–61	Car	Adults^a	No
109	McEvoy et al. [78]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1347	48	Car	Adults^a	No
110	Stoduto et al. [58]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	7284	n/a	Car	Adults^a	No
111	Valencia-Martin et al. [143]	1–3 years	Random sample	12,037	65	More than one but not all (Automobile and motorcycle)	Adults^a	No
112	Vingilis et al. [126]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	4014	53	Car	Adults^a	Yes, to police records
113	Wickens et al. [100]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	12,830	n/a	All types	Adults^a	No
114	Wickens et al. [99]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	3428	51	All types	Adults^a	No
115	Wickens et al. [101]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	11,263	45–57	More than one but not all (car, SUV, truck)	Adults^a	No
Interview – Not specified further
116	Asbridge et al. [69]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	393	73	Bicycle	Other (> 16 years)	No
117	Isho et al. [108]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	24	n/a	Other (fall risk of elderly)	Elderly	No
118	Singletary et al. [138]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	1747	87	Car	Elderly	Yes, to police records
More than one method
119	Anstey et al. [134]	3–5 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	509	100	Car	Elderly	Yes, to police records
120	Antonopoulos et al. [104]	1–3 months	Random sample	978	n/a	More than one but not all (motorcycle & car)	Adults^a	No
121	Boufous et al. [59]	Not specified	Other	20,822	16	Car	Other (17–24 years)	Yes, to police records
122	de Rome et al. [105]	<= 1 month & previous crash history is not further specified	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	202	65	Bicycle	Adults^a	Yes, to hospital records
123	Hassan and Abdel-Aty [91]	Not specified	Random sample - specific criteria^b	680	26 (paper questionnaire)	Car	Other (16–24 years)	No
124	Haworth and Schramm [60]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	2532	n/a	More than one but not all (pedestrian & cyclist)	Adults^a	No
125	Huang et al. [61]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	500	79–83	Car	Adults^a	No
126	de Rome et al. [140]	Not specified	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	313	84	Bicycle	Adults^a	Yes, to hospital records
127	Poulos et al. [111]	1–3 months	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	2038	n/a	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
128	Saengsuwan et al. [62]	Not specified	Random sample - specific criteria^b	203	n/a	More than one but not all (motorcycle, 2 or 3-wheeled motorbike merchant vehicle, car)	Adults^a	No
129	Sakashita et al. [63]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1305	55	Motorcycle	Adults^a	Yes, to police records
130	Scialfa et al. [64]	1–3 years	Volunteers - Specific criteria^b	56	n/a	Car	Other (18–25 years)	No
131	Sullman et al. [65]	Life time	Random sample - specific criteria^b	294	87	All types	Children and youngsters	No
132	Washington et al. [66]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	2500	n/a	Bicycle	Adults^a	No
Not clearly stated
133	Langford et al. [67]	1–3 years	Random sample - specific criteria^b	1222	99	Car	Elderly	Yes, other
134	Verschuur and Hurts [68]	1–3 years	Random sample	743	n/a	Car	Adults^a	Yes, to company records

n/a Not available
^aAdults is legal age of obtaining driving license and no upper limit
^bSpecific criteria can be people with the certain illness or group of road users (e.g. children, youngsters, novice drivers, elderly)

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