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https://doi.org/10.3141/1635-12

http://scholar.google.com...nter&publication_year=1998

Drawing on a study of injured pedestrians and bicyclists treated at hospital emergency rooms in California, New York, and North Carolina, an attempt was made to match the emergency room cases to state motor vehicle crash data, and to analyze the factors associated with the occurrence of a match. The purpose is to (1) provide additional information on the likely level of underreporting of pedestrian- and bicycle-motor vehicle collisions on state crash files and (2) examine whether cases that are reported differ in any systematic way from those that are not reported. A total of 388 pedestrian- and 255 bicycle-motor vehicle cases were available for inclusion in the analysis, with 56% of the pedestrian and 48% of the bicycle cases matched to state crash files. After adjusting for other potential confounders, pedestrians who were hospitalized or killed were 1.3 times more likely to be reported on the state crash files than were pedestrians receiving emergency room treatment only; those struck in the roadway were 1.7 times more likely to be reported than those struck in nonroadway locations; and those ages 15 to 24 were 70% less likely to be reported than pedestrians of all other ages. In contrast, the only factor found to be associated with police reporting of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes was the severity level of the injury: bicyclists who were hospitalized or killed were 1.4 times more likely to be reported on the state crash files than were bicyclists receiving emergency room treatment only.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1635, Safety Analysis Related to Highway Design, Crash Costs, and Traffic Records Systems; Methodologies for Evaluating Safety Improvements.

English

p. 88-92

1998

Transportation Research Record

0309065070

References (10) ; Tables (4)

Age; Bicycle crashes; Crash causes; Crash locations; Crash records; Hospital emergency rooms; Injury severity; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Police reports

Underreporting

California; New York (State); North Carolina

California; New York (State); North Carolina

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

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