Road safety survey 2012

This is the 31th study in a series of annual surveys on road safety conducted since 1981. The study is conducted by Statistics Sweden on behalf of the the Swedish Transport Administration and aims to identify and analyse traffic safety statistics. The study is is done by a questionnaire directed to a stratified sample of the population. The study from 2012 had a 52 percent response rate and a sample of 8 423 randomly selected people aged between 15 and 84 years. The questions in the study include, for example, traffic behaviour and traffic patterns; attitudes to road safety and traffic rules, the relation between alcohol and traffic and child safety in traffic. Both motor traffic, bicycle and foot traffic is concerned. A total of 30 questions are used, including descriptive questions, estimation questions and attitude questions.Purpose:The survey aims to identify and analyse traffic safety statistics.