❓ Mrs Roberts questions the Minister for Police and Road Safety regarding failures in crash data collection reported in the Road Safety Commission's annual report. The Minister acknowledges the issue and outlines steps taken to rectify inconsistencies in data collection across different agencies.
AnsweredQoN 836Legislative Assembly
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ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT — DATA
COLLECTION
836. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for
Police; Road Safety:
Mr Speaker —
Mr
N.W. Morton interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Forrestfield, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs
M.H. ROBERTS : I refer to the recently tabled inaugural Road Safety
Commission annual report.
(1) When was the
minister first advised of the failures with respect to the collection of crash
data as outlined on page 24 of the report under the heading ''Significant
issues''?
(2) I note that
the report states that data collections have lost the availability of causal
and contributory factors in road safety data. What has been the practical
implication of this and can the minister advise the house whether this issue
has been fully remedied?
COLLECTION
836. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for
Police; Road Safety:
Mr Speaker —
Mr
N.W. Morton interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Forrestfield, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs
M.H. ROBERTS : I refer to the recently tabled inaugural Road Safety
Commission annual report.
(1) When was the
minister first advised of the failures with respect to the collection of crash
data as outlined on page 24 of the report under the heading ''Significant
issues''?
(2) I note that
the report states that data collections have lost the availability of causal
and contributory factors in road safety data. What has been the practical
implication of this and can the minister advise the house whether this issue
has been fully remedied?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
(1)–(2) I
think last year's Road Safety Council section 13 report alluded to the
issue that we had in data collection. There was an inconsistency in data
collection around road safety statistics across different agencies. We flagged
that as an issue last year, and it is certainly an issue this year. I was made
aware of it some time ago.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts interjected.
The
SPEAKER : That is enough.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : To rectify that, we have now funded the Road Safety Commission
to be a central data collection source so that we can get consistent data
collection with respect to road safety statistics and road safety reporting.
That will also allow us to be comparable with other jurisdictions across
Australia so that we can get that consistency in reporting. It is more around
the serious injury statistics when there are different definitions of serious
injury. There are certainly some discrepancies between the way health and
police report those serious injury statistics. This new data collection
component of the Road Safety Commission will go to address that.
(1)–(2) I
think last year's Road Safety Council section 13 report alluded to the
issue that we had in data collection. There was an inconsistency in data
collection around road safety statistics across different agencies. We flagged
that as an issue last year, and it is certainly an issue this year. I was made
aware of it some time ago.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts interjected.
The
SPEAKER : That is enough.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : To rectify that, we have now funded the Road Safety Commission
to be a central data collection source so that we can get consistent data
collection with respect to road safety statistics and road safety reporting.
That will also allow us to be comparable with other jurisdictions across
Australia so that we can get that consistency in reporting. It is more around
the serious injury statistics when there are different definitions of serious
injury. There are certainly some discrepancies between the way health and
police report those serious injury statistics. This new data collection
component of the Road Safety Commission will go to address that.
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