ACCIDENT FACTS, 1993 EDITION

This 1993 Edition of "Accident Facts" presents statistics on accidents for the year 1992 and, in some cases, statistics from previous years for comparative purposes. This edition contains significant changes in estimates and several new features. The contents are organized according to the following topics: All Accidents; Work Accidents; Occupational Health; Motor-Vehicle Accidents; Public Accidents; Home Accidents; Farm Resident Accidents; and Environmental Health. Also provided are a list of other sources of accident data, a glossary, a technical appendix, and an index. The section on Motor-Vehicle Accidents contains statistics on the following: Principal classes; Trends; How people died; State legislation; Alcohol; Occupant protection; Work zones; Heavy trucks; Costs; Age, sex of driver; Time of day; Day of week; Day and month; Type of accident, vehicle movement; Type, location, age, urban/rural; Type of vehicle; Motorcycles; Pedestrians; Pedalcyclists; Improper driving; Residence; International; Death rates by state (maps); Deaths and rates by state; School bus accidents; Deaths and rates, historical; Pedestrian injuries; Type of accident, historical; Automobile occupant injuries; Type and location, historical; Deaths, rates by age, historical; Emergency vehicles; City traffic deaths; and Fleet accident rates.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Safety Council

  Statistics Department, 1121 Spring Lake Drive
  Itasca, IL  United States  60143
• Authors:
  • Allen, J
  • Brand, S
  • Callen, A
  • Kao, L
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 126 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles by type; Bicycle crashes; Bus crashes; Construction sites; Costs; Crash data; Crash types; Crashes; Drivers; Drunk driving; Emergency vehicles; Fatalities; Fleet management; Gender; Heavy duty trucks; Injuries; Motorcycle crashes; Moving violations; Occupant protection devices; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; School buses; State laws; Statistics; Time; Traffic crashes; Trend (Statistics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Driver age; Fleets; Motor vehicle accidents; Occupant protection; Vehicle type
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00719443
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• ISBN: 0879121726
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-041 838
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 20 1996 12:00AM