HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM PRIORITIES SEMINAR, FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, JULY 18-20, 1969. PROCEEDINGS, VOL 9: DATA CONTRIBUTION TO COUNTERMEASURES

HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES ARE DEPENDENT UPON ADEQUATE DATA CONCERNING THE BASIC ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO CAUSE AND EFFECT. A COMPELLING NEED EXISTS FOR THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA TO MEASURE THE EXPOSURE OF DRIVERS, VEHICLES, AND ENVIRONMENTS BY CLASS. THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO ADCIDENT AND INJURY SEVERITY NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED STATISTICALLY. MOST CONTERMEASURE PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS OF DRIVERS, VEHICLES, AND ACCIDENTS. THESE RECORDS ARE INADEQUATE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY BUREAU SHOULD UNDERTAKE A SEVEN-POINT PROGRAM FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ACCIDENT DATA. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No Pb-186 276, 60 PP, 6 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Safety Bureau /US

  ,    
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Countermeasures; Crash causes; Crashes; Data analysis; Data collection; Drivers; Highway safety; Mathematical analysis; Motor vehicles; Prevention; Records management; Safety; Statistical analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220700
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1970 12:00AM