A REAPPRAISAL OF THE USE OF POLICE INJURY CODES IN ACCIDENT DATA ANALYSIS
The reduction of severity of injuries received by occupants of motor vehicles involved in accidents has always been looked upon as a measure of effectiveness of highway safety counter-measures. The largest source of this data has been the investigating police officer's accident report, which indicates the police officer's injury assessment for each occupant of the vehicle(x) involved in an accident. This paper will examine the police injury codes for several hundred occupants of motor vehicle crashed in Washtenaw County, Michigan, through the five year period 1971-75, and compare these codes with the results of clinical examination and follow-up personal interviews of each occupant. /HSRI/
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Corporate Authors:
American Association for Automotive Medicine
801 Green Bay Road
Lake Bluff, IL United States 60044 -
Authors:
- Sherman, H W
- Murphy, M J
- Huelke, D F
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Conference:
- 20th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
- Date: 1976-11-1 to 1976-11-3
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 128-138
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Serial:
- Volume: 20
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Coding systems; Crash investigation; Crash reports; Crashes; Injuries; Motor vehicles; Police; Traffic crashes
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00144162
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-024-1-115
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM