OPERATION 500- A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF INCREASED ROAD PATROL. FINAL REPORT

ON THE BASIS OF A PREVIOUS STUDY (OPERATION 101) AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO ASSESS THE EFFECT ON ACCIDENT RATES OF ASSIGNING 500 ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OFFICER POSITIONS TO HIGHWAYS JUDGED AMENABLE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT REDUCTION ON THE BASIS OF ANALYSES CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OPERATION 101. OPERATION 500 BEGAN IN JANUARY 1966 AND FINISHED IN FEBRUARY 1968. ONE UNPLANNED RESULT OF THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPMENT OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON THE PROJECT'S REPORTING SYSTEM. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE IS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANPOWER AND MOVING VIOLATIONS, MOVING VIOLATIONS AND REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS, AND REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS AND MANPOWER. ON NONMETROPOLITAN HIGHWAYS ACCIDENT REDUCTIONS WERE OBSERVED AT ASSIGNMENT DENSITIES OF 2--4.2 OFFICERS PER MILE PER 100,000 VMT; HIGHER AND LOWER DENSITIES WERE NONPRODUCTIVE. FOR ALL ROADWAYS COVERED IN THE PROJECT, FATAL ACCIDENTS WERE REDUCED BY 16.9%, FATALITIES BY 19%, INJURY ACCIDENTS BY 2.5%, SEVERE WOUNDS BY 11.2%, AND MINOR WOUNDS BY 1.6%.

• Corporate Authors:

  Calfornia Highway Patrol

  P.O. Box 942898
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94298-0001
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 118 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Highway safety; Management information systems; Police patrol; Prevention; Safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222056
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 1973 12:00AM