HIGHWAY ACCIDENT ANALYSIS THROUGH USE OF IBM PUNCH CARDS

CODING AND PREPARATION OF PUNCH CARDS OF INFORMATION FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECORDS IN TEXAS ARE DESCRIBED. MILEPOST DATA ARE USED TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT IN THE CODE. ACCIDENT DATA MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO COMPUTE ACCIDENT RATES FOR EACH OF THE 5,000 SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS HIGHWAY SYSTEM. THESE RATE CALCULATIONS ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE ADAPTABILITY OF IBM PUNCH CARDS IN ACCIDENT ANALYSES. THE MASTER TABULATION PROVIDES THE DISTRICTS WITH INFORMATION WHICH CAN BE APPLIED TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT COLLISION DIAGRAMS. THE MECHANICS OF THE SYSTEM OPERATE SMOOTHLY AND DISTRICTS SEEM TO BE MAKING CONSIDERABLE USE OF THE INFORMATION FURNISHED THEM.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/142/142-004.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 142, pp 29-38, 11 FIG,
• Authors:
  • Tutt, Paul R
  • Welty, William R
• Publication Date: 1956

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Accident analysis and impact studies
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 142
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Crash analysis; Crash diagrams; Crash rates; High risk locations; Mileposts; Punched cards; Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220427
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-023 499
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM