OPTIMAL RECALL PERIOD FOR REPORTING PERSONS INJURED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

A study was carried out in 1967 and 1968 to determine the best length of recall period to use in a survey for estimating the annual incidence of motor vehicle injuries. A special supplement to the Health Interview Survey questionnaire was administered to persons in a 3-county area of North Carolina who were known from data on official accident report forms to have been involved, and usually injured, in a motor vehicle accident. Comparison of answers received in the survey with data from the official report forms revealed the accuracy of respondents' answers as to whether or not they had been injured and the length of time since the accident had occurred. These data were analyzed in terms of length of recall period, classification of injury and type of respondent (proxy or self). The technique used to determine the optimum recall period was the analysis of the relative root mean square error. The results of this study indicated that 3 months was the optimum recall period for the reporting of motor vehicle injuries and selected characteristics of the accident.

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  National Safety Council

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• Authors:
  • Cash, W S
  • Moss, A J
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 12-25
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash rates; Crash reports; Data collection; Injuries; Recall campaigns; Surveys; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127308
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM