This study collected video footage of accident-risk scenarios on actual roads using automobiles and motorcycles. A total of 191,500 km was driven with three vehicles and one motorcycle, capturing 6,550 near-miss accident videos. The footage was analyzed and categorized based on the 27 parameters of the iGLAD(Initiative for the Global Harmonization of Accident Data) accident categories. Parameters difficult to classify under iGLAD were localized to fit domestic conditions, and further analysis identified areas needing optimization. The categorized data was organized into a web-based database platform, providing statistical analysis and search functions for scenario development. Future use of this data will support the creation of safety evaluation scenarios for autonomous vehicles, enhancing traffic accident investigation and analysis systems. Expanding the database to include data from secondary roads and parking areas is expected to increase its applicability and value.

Contemporary safety literature recognizes that error reporting - reporting of hazards, near-misses and incidents is important in the development of safety in high risk industries such as shipping - where the success of such reporting programs has been limited. Reporting is integral to the concept of “continuous improvement” as envisaged by the International Safety Management Code. However, shipping - like other industries - suffers from considerable under-reporting. At the same time, many Safety managers find positive correlation between numbers of such reports and shipboard safety, and to encourage reporting, many follow a mandatory reporting system. This study attempted to understand whether increasing numbers of submitted error reports does result in a consequent decrease in incidents/accidents, thereby validating this premise. The study was limited to the fleet of only one shipping company, and to the quantitative analysis of the error reports; not the content or quality of such reports. To achieve this, annual compiled error reports from across all fleet vessels of one shipping company were collected. This company had made a significant increase in the numbers of reports to be submitted by vessels in its fleet thereby presenting this opportunity. These reports were analyzed using Pearson correlation to determine any statistically significant correlations between numbers of hazards and near-misses reported, and recorded incidents/accidents. Analysis of the data showed that, from a quantitative point of view, the mandated increase in the number of reports did not result in a decrease in the numbers of near misses or incidents/accidents. It was concluded that merely increasing the number of reports may not improve safety performance, but may lead to the submission of reports just to meet requirements thereby devaluing the entire process. Companies should look at more effective ways through which the safety culture can be enhanced and improve on-board safety performance.