Added Extras
Mast Online
We all know high quality information is invaluable to
support sound decision-making, for practitioners and
managers alike. In the past, all too often, this did not
happen in road safety; decisions were often based
on hunches, repetition and assumptions –because
accurate and relevant information was not readily
accessible.
MAST Online changed all that. Originally developed as
a government funded project, MAST has grown into a
web-based data portal providing complete access to
comprehensive national casualty and collision data for
the road safety profession. It also adds an invaluable
socio-demographic perspective to this data, which
is not available from any other source. Interrogating
the data is also made easy using complementary
dashboards and maps that are included for all
subscribers. MAST continues to be provided at cost to
practitioners by Road Safety Analysis, a not-for-profit
company, and is still run by the original project team.
MAST data is:
• National, not limiting users to their own areas;
• Comprehensive, covering the entire government
dataset;
• Fully accessible from any web browser;
• Straightforward to use;
• Authoritative in exactly matching official statistics; and
• Insightful into communities as well as roads.
MAST also resolves many issues which might impede
access to data by conventional routes. It obviates the
need for stakeholders to worry about data protection,
licencing, storage overheads and access for partner
organisations. Experts from RSA are always available to
provide support, training and consultancy.
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