STATISTICAL ASPECTS OF INJURY SEVERITY - 3. MAKING ALLOWANCE FOR DIFFERENCES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL OF TRAUMA

A statistical method of allowing for the assessment of injury severity is proposed and applied to a set of road accident data classified according to four sets of circumstances, five police force areas, and three severities of injury. It is concluded that appreciable improvements in the sensitivity of analysis can be obtained by allowing for possible differences in the grading of injury severity.

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• Authors:
  • Hutchinson, T P
  • Lai, P W
• Publication Date: 1981-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 297-305
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Grading (Earthwork); Highway transportation; Injuries; Injury severity; Mathematical models; Sensitivity; Statistical analysis; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Grading; Severity
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361523
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-032 849
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM