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https://doi.org/10.3141/1717-02

http://scholar.google.com...+Kim&publication_year=2000

In 1992 the University of Hawaii was one of six institutions to receive a Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As part of the Hawaii CODES Project, police crash data, emergency medical services (EMS) data, and hospital data were linked using a probabilistic linkage software known as Automatch. An advantage of linked data is the ability to determine injury outcomes for various types of crashes. A simple technique--crash and injury outcome multipliers for examining the relative safety of various types of crashes--is presented. Using the crash as the unit of analysis, a measure is derived that indicates the number of fatalities, incapacitating injuries, nonserious injuries, EMS transports, and hospitalizations produced over a period of time by those particular crash types. In addition to comparing vehicle-to-vehicle crashes, various crash types such as head-on, rollover, sideswipe, broadside, and fixed-object collisions are also examined. The relative crash and injury outcomes for speed-related crashes, alcohol-related collisions, or any number of other types of safety concerns can also be tabulated. The simple technique is illustrated using both conventional police crash data on injuries and a linked file containing EMS and hospital records. In addition to demonstrating the technique, some potential uses are described.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1717, Highway and Traffic Safety: Crash Data, Analysis Tools, and Statistical Methods.

English

p. 10-13

2000

Transportation Research Record

0309066999

References (9) ; Tables (1)

Crash causes; Crash records; Crash types; Emergency medical services; Fatalities; Frontal crashes; Hospitals; Injuries; Injury severity; Multiple vehicle crashes; Outcome (Medical treatment); Police reports; Rollover crashes; Side crashes

Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System

Fixed object accidents; Linked data

Hawaii

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies; I84: Personal Injuries

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Nov 13 2000 12:00AM

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