I want to establish the relationship between the accident rate m such features as gross domestic product, the auto industry, the number of inhabitants, the density of the road network, etc.
There are annual reports published by the departments ofstatistics in almost all countries. They are open access documents and you caneasily obtain them from the internet. Alsso some national organisations publish reports either quarterly or annually. Economic report may also contain such information. Which countries are you interested in?
I'm interested in the country's "contrast" in its development. developed countries such as: Germany, USA, France, Italy, etc. Developing countries: Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, etc. countries with weak economies: Algeria, Egypt, South Africa, etc.
@ Mohamed, There are annual reports published by the departments of statistics in almost all countries. At the same time, you may look at Google and get some information about accidents by country.
You would find the following report of interest: "Road Safety: Modelling a Global Phenomenon" - see the link attached. Also the recent publication by Chen "Association between economic fluctuations and road mortality in OECD countries"
European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 24, No. 4, 612–614 - even though it's about OECD countries it will give you an idea about how to approach it
I grouped as much yearly information as I could find with 3 students working over a couple of years in the DRAG database. It is found (Report AJD-7 and AJD-7 EXCEL files) on the Safety page (bottom of page) of the Agora Jules Dupuit site (www.e-ajd.net). It would not be difficult to extend the database starting around 1965 with the more recent values and to add countries. I enclose a recent analysis of some of these data arguing that we do not really understang why one finds so many peaks in fatalities in or around 1972...Good luck..
As you plan to build road accident models, I enclose the only survey of road accident models summarizing both aggregate and discrete model families and their histories. It was published as an editorial plus 3 pieces (4 in toto) in Research in Transportation Economics (RETREC) in 2013. It is on the Safety page of the Agora Jules Dupuit site, but you could easily miss it...