ACCIDENT RECORD SYSTEMS
VARIOUS TYPES OF ACCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEMS ARE DESCRIBED AND THE USES OF ACCIDENT DATA GIVEN. AS THE USE OF ACCIDENT DATA INCREASES, THE SYSTEM PROVIDING THE DATA IS IMPROVED; THE NUMBER OF REPORTED ACCIDENTS IS ALSO A FACTOR. ACCIDENT RECORDS SYSTEMS WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES WHICH WERE DESCRIBED AND SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES LISTED. THE CATEGORIES WERE MANUAL, PUNCHED CARD, BASIC COMPUTERIZED AND ADVANCED COMPUTERIZED. USE OF THE SPOT MAP WAS GIVEN. THE FUTURE ACCIDENT RECORD SYSTEM WAS VISUALIZED AS HAVING REMOTE COMPUTER TERMINALS. SYSTEM GOALS WERE DISCUSSED AS WERE THE BASES AND CRITERIA FOR INDETIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proc Hwy SaFETY CONFERENCE, PP 50-73, 8 FIG
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Corporate Authors:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
Department of Agronomy
Blacksburg, VA United States 24061 -
Authors:
- Lipps, R D
- Publication Date: 1970-12
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computers; Crash reports; Highway safety; Information processing; Information retrieval; Location; Manual control; Maps; Punched cards; Quality control; Recording; Records management; Reports; Systems; Traffic crashes; Utilization
- Uncontrolled Terms: Records; Reporting
- Old TRIS Terms: Recording systems
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00221211
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 10 1971 12:00AM