HOW TO ACHIEVE UNIFORM STATISTICS ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

INCONSISTENCIES IN MANNER OF REPORTING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE UNIFORM PRIMARY STATISTICS. A SYSTEM USED IN DENMARK SINCE 1967 IS DESCRIBED. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES ALL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY WHERE A POLICE REPORT IS MADE. THE FIRST PART OF THE REPORT IS FILLED OUT BY THE POLICEMAN. THE SECOND PART IS A QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED IN THE POLICE DISTRICT BY SPECIALLY- TRAINED POLICEMEN IN CHARGE OF THE ANALYSIS AND DETAILED TREATMENT OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THESE DATA ARE THEN TRANSFERRED TO PUNCHED CARDS AND PROCESSED STATISTICALLY. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rpt No Wp6/265, WP20/197, GE70-13571, 13 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Economic Commission for Europe

  United Nations, Palais des Nations
  CH-1211 Geneve 10,   Switzerland 
• Authors:
  • Lacour, A
• Publication Date: 1970-6-29

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Injuries; Police; Questionnaires; Reports; Standardization; Statistics; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221476
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM