Survey on rail transport (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2016

General characteristics  
Contents:
Railway accidents; Rail freight transport; Passenger transport by rail
Analysis units:
Railroad accidents; Carriage of goods; Freight train movements; Passenger train movements ; Carriage of passengers
Periodicity:
Yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Census

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Railroad transport enterprises
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
Total units:
Not applicable
Respondents:
Not applicable

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Recontact of the units
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
None
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
None
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 1 month and 1 day