ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT REPORTING AND USE OF ACCIDENT RECORDS

A STUDY ANALYZING THE CALIFORNIA ACCIDENT DATA REPORT AND THE USE OF ACCIDENT INFORMATION RECORDS TO UTILIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR ENGINEERING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES IS PRESENTED. IDENTIFICATION OF THE MOST RESEARCHABLE PROBLEM AREAS WAS ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE ONE YEAR STUDY OF THE ACCIDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS PRESENTLY IN USE. THE ACCIDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE COMPRISED OF INTEGRATED SETS OF COMPONENTS, INCLUDING ON THE SCENE INVESTIGATION, PREPARATION OF REPORTS, ENCODING STORAGE RETRIEVAL OF REPORTED INFORMATION, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, AND THE COMPLETE SYSTEM OF RECORDS. THE RESEARCHERS FEEL THAT THE IMPROVEMENT OF ACCIDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS WOULD PRODUCE IMMEDIATE AND SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS TO THE SAFETY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND TO ALL LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR IN HIGHWAY DESIGN, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, DRIVER LICENSING, ENFORCEMENT, AND OPERATIONS OF THE COURTS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • B-1-19, 4841-086
• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
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Media Info

• Serial:
  • Itte, Calif Univ, Library Acquisitions
  • Publisher: California Department of Transportation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash reports; Data analysis; Driver licensing; Highway design; Highway operations; Information processing; Information systems; Mathematical analysis; On the scene crash investigation; Records management; Statistical analysis; Traffic; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219741
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 14 1970 12:00AM