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XI. Traffic accidents

Methodology

1.Topic:
Socioeconomic analysis.

2.Indicators:
- Mortal victims: total number of mortal victims in traffic accidents. 
- Women: total number of (female) victims in traffic accidents. 
- Men: total number of (male) victims in traffic accidents. 
- Age of victim: average age of mortal victims. 
- Positive toxicology victims: number of victims in which the presence of any drug or psychotropic drug abuse is detected, not taking into account the quantity, or the alcohol concentration in blood superior to a 0,3 g/L.
- Positive toxicology results: total number of toxicology analysis in which the presence of any drug or psychotropic drug abuse is detected, not taking into account the quantity, or the alcohol concentration in blood superior to a 0,3 g/L.

3.Geographic area:
The information covers the entire national territory. Data is published on national, Autonomous Communities and provincial levels. 

4.Enforcement agencies:
National Toxicology and Forensic Science Institute (INTCF), and Institutes of Legal Medicine (IML).

5.Temporary coverage:
Information on a daily basis, with data available from 2020.

6.Data update:
The data will be updated annually.

7.Standardisation processes:
We will proceed with the normalisation of the functional units and geographic data according to the Technical Regulation of the CTEAJE (regulation of reference for the IT tools in the Administration of Justice field). 

8.Adjustment:
No type of seasonal adjustment, decomposition of temporary series or similar methods is carried out.

9.Source:
Analytical data has been obtained from the following institutions:
    · National Toxicology and Forensic Science Institute (INTCF).
    · Catalonian Toxicology and Forensic Science Institute (IMLCFC).
    · Basque Institute of General Medicine (IVML).
    · Institute of Legal and Forensic Medicine of Aragón (IMLCFA).
    · Institute of Legal and Forensic Medicine of Murcia (IMLCFM).
    · Institute of Legal and Forensic Medicine of Valencia (IMLCFV).
    · Institute of Legal and Forensic Medicine of the Balearic Islands (IMLCFIB).
    · Luis Concheiro Institute of Forensic Medicine (INCIFOR).

Thematic indicators
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