TRAFFIC RECORDS SURVEY OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISES. FINAL REPORT

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY WAS TO IDENTIFY RECORD FILES RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY THAT ARE MAINTAINED BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES. APPROXIMATELY 100 ORGANIZATIONS WERE CONTACTED IN 11 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY. THE RECORD FILES CONTAINED DATA ON ACCIDENTS, DRIVERS, MECHANICS, AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AT 2 LEVELS OF INTENSITY: HIGH-INTENSITY INVENTORIES PROVIDED AN IN-DEPTH VIEW OF THE TRAFFIC RECORDS OF A FIRM IN EACH CATEGORY; LOW-INTENSITY INVENTORIES IDENTIFIED RECORD FILES OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CATEGORY, SO THAT SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN RECORD-KEEPING PRACTICES WERE HIGHLIGHTED. RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY INDICATE THAT THE ONLY CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRY MAINTAINING USEFUL RECORDS ARE INSURANCE COMPANIES, MOTOR CARRIERS, UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS, MANUFACTURERS, AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. THE FIRMS IN A CATEGORY USUALLY MAINTAIN SIMILAR ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION IN THEIR TRAFFIC RECORDS, THOUGH THE WAY THE DATA IS RECORDED MAY BE DIFFERENT. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 75 Pp, 12 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Booz, Allen Applied Research Inc

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• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash reports; Data collection; Private enterprise; Records management; Surveys; Traffic; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221550
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 1972 12:00AM