ARE ACCIDENT DATA INFORMED TO POLICE REPRESENTATIVE? /IN FINNISH/
THE FINDINGS ARE DISCUSSED OF A STUDY CARRIED OUT BY THE ROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN SWEDEN. THE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO FIND THE ACTUAL OVERALL NUMBER OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN SWEDEN BY MEANS OF INTERVIEWS. RESULTS SHOW A LARGE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN POLICE AND SURVEY FIGURES: ESTIMATED OVERALL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR 1964 WAS 388,000, WHILE THE OFFICIAL FIGURE PUBLISHED BY THE POLICE FOR THE SAME YEAR WAS 59,000. /RRL/
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 2, pp 82-84, 1 FIG, 4 TAB
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Authors:
- Sirjamo, A L
- Publication Date: 1969-3
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash rates; Crash reports; Data collection; Interviewing; Traffic crashes
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00220169
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 10 2004 5:03PM