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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/233/233-008.pdf

The author notes that the point at issue is not whether accident data are acceptable criteria for evaluating highway safety programs, but what can be done to improve their reliability as a measure of program impacts. Some ways in which this could be done include (a) limiting the data, (b) making better use of driver reports, (c) consolidating files, and (d) collecting exposure data. Limiting the amount and kind of information required from police officers and reducing their paper work will increase their willingness to prepare reports and the number of reported accidents. Any expasion in the content of the accident reports should be in the area of drivers' reports. It would be helpful if accident data collected from police reports were made a part of the driver, vehicle, and road files. The collection of exposure data must be accorded the same priority as collecting accident data.

Workshop sponsored by the Committee on Planning and Administration of Transportation Safety of the Transportation Research Board, held in Kings Island, Ohio, August 4-6, 1981. Published in Transportation Research Circular No. 233, Management of Accident Data Systems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

p. 12-13

1981-11

Transportation Research Circular

Digital/other

Crash exposure; Crash records; Data collection; Driver records; Evaluation; Management information systems; Police; Safety programs

Exposure

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I81: Accident Statistics

TRIS, TRB

Apr 29 1983 12:00AM

• ADAAS AND USE OF SAFETY-RELATED DATA FILES
• CHALLENGE TO THE CONFERENCE: THE FHWA PERSPECTIVE
• CHALLENGE TO THE CONFERENCE: THE NHTSA PERSPECTIVE
• DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION PROBLEMS
• ESTABLISHING THE LEVEL OF ANALYSIS REQUIRED TO ADEQUATELY ADMINISTER SAFETY PROGRAMS
• GOAL-SETTING PROBLEMS
• MANAGEMENT OF ACCIDENT DATA SYSTEMS
• MANAGEMENT OF ACCIDENT DATA SYSTEMS. INTRODUCTION AND CONFERENCE PURPOSE
• MANAGEMENT USE OF ACCIDENT STATISTICS: ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS
• MANAGEMENT USE OF ACCIDENT TRAFFIC STATISTICS AND SAFETY-RELATED DATA: A STATE PERSPECTIVE
• MINIMUM RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION, GOAL SETTING, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
• MODEL TRAFFIC RECORDS SYSTEM
• PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: THE GAO PERSPECTIVE
• STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES FOR COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS
• TRAFFIC RECORDS ANALYSIS IN TEXAS
• USE OF ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN MICHIGAN
• USE OF RAPID FOR PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION
• USING DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING TECHNIQUES (DART) FOR PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION