Data storage and protection

• A European road accident database should be developed to record the safety oriented road accident investigation data collected in each Member State. Each Member State should be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of their data.
• Accident data that is collected for the purposes of safety oriented road accident investigation and the resulting analysis should not be used to give evidence about fault or blame including in a court of law.
• No data containing information that would lead directly to the identification of persons involved in the accident should be released to a third party. Data may be made available for research or analysis purposes but this should be restricted to a format which does not permit identification or attribution.