What is TADU?
The Tyne and Wear Traffic and Accident Data Unit or “TADU” plays a key role to support the delivery of transport solutions and economic development across Tyne and Wear. TADU is jointly funded by the 5 Tyne and Wear districts and manages two key data sets:
- Road traffic accident data in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.
- Traffic flow data in Tyne and Wear.
TADU maintains the database of road traffic accident information on behalf of the Tyne and Wear districts. It also meets the statutory requirement for the provision of road traffic accident data to the Department for Transport on behalf of Tyne & Wear and Northumberland authorities. TADU is also responsible for collecting traffic flow data from an extensive network of automatic traffic count sites that it manages in Tyne and Wear and holds a database of manual traffic counts.
The Regional Road Safety Monitoring Project funding came to an end in April 2009; new funding has been fund to continue the project for the next 2 years. The project has combined the 3 regional road traffic accident databases and carries out regional level analysis of this and linked data sets enabling better campaign planning. The project has a website containing reports and mapping at http://www.neroadsafety.org.uk