CARE

CARE is the European centralised database on road accidents which result in death or injury across the EU. CARE provides Member States access to this central database which is hosted by the European Commission at the Luxembourg data centre. The CARE system is a powerful tool that makes it possible to identify and quantify road safety problems throughout Europe's roads. Users can evaluate the efficiency of road safety measures, determine the relevance of Community actions and as exchange studies.

The key objectives of CARE are to enable:

• Identification and quantification of road safety problems;
• Evaluation of the efficiency of road safety measures;
• Analyses to determine the relevance of Community actions and facilitate the exchange of experience in this field.

To take a concrete scenario:

CTL produces its own road accident statistics. CARE pulls together non-confidential data from across the EU Member States into one central database. Each year, each country is responsible for producing road safety statistics, which it then submits in the form of a report to the European Commission. The reports exclude confidential information like the precise location of the accident and the brand of car.