MANAGEMENT USE OF ACCIDENT TRAFFIC STATISTICS AND SAFETY-RELATED DATA: A STATE PERSPECTIVE

The Pennsylvania Accident Record System (ARS) compiles information on 150,000 reportable motor vehicle accidents each year. Up to 657 data elements that relate to the driver, vehicle, roadway conditions, and circumstances of the crash are recorded on each accident record. Information is maintained in a "live", year-to-date file accessible for analysis; a 3-year fixed accident record file provides the basis for highway safety problem identification and program management. The ARS provides a 2-way exchange of information with the operator license (OL), vehicle registration (VR) and Pennsylvania roadway information system (PARIS) files. MARK IV and DART/OMNITAB are used to run several year-end programs against the accident data base. These programs provide a number of outputs.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trcircular/233/233-011.pdf
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Workshop sponsored by the Committee on Planning and Administration of Transportation Safety of the Transportation Research Board, held in Kings Island, Ohio, August 4-6, 1981. Published in Transportation Research Circular No. 233, Management of Accident Data Systems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Pachuta, J A
• Publication Date: 1981-11

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 17-18
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 233
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash records; Driver information systems; Driver licensing; Drivers; Management information systems; Problem identification; Registrations; Roads; Safety programs; Software; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Accident record systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371725
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM