USES OF A HIGH SPEED COMPUTER FOR ACCIDENT STUDIES

A SERIES OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND A COMPUTERIZED ACCIDENT FILE SYSTEM WERE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED. PROGRAMS FOR STORING, RETRIEVING AND ANALYZING ACCIDENT DATA PROVED TO BE PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE. THE COMPUTERIZED IS SYSTEM FOR THE STATE'S TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM AND IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION STUDIES. A MANUAL WAS DEVELOPED WHICH DESCRIBES THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FILE. COMPUTER PROGRAM APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PARTICULARLY USEFUL ARE: HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT LOCATING, ACCIDENTS PER MILE ON SPECIFIED HIGHWAYS AND INVENTORY OF ACCIDENTS ON LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS. /FHWA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways, 24 Wolcott Hill Road, P.O. Drawer A
  Wethersfield, CT  United States  06109

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
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Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash rates; Crashes; Digital computers; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Information processing; Information systems; Speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219765
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Study No 126-1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 10 2004 5:33PM