DESIGN FOR THE EVALUATION OF FMVSS 208 USING POLICE BI-LEVEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

This report presents a plan for performing an evaluation of the effectiveness of the automatic restraint requirements of FMVSS 208 using the standard police accident report augmented with a special one page form. The supplemental form is presented and documented along with a detailed plan for its implementation. A pilot test of the form and the training package revealed some deficiencies in training. The basic conclusion drawn was that such an evaluation would be quite feasible and relatively cost-effective, given that these deficiencies were corrected.

• Corporate Authors:

  Montevallo University

  Box 3338
  Montevallo, AL  United States  35115

  National Center for Statistics and Analysis

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Brown, D B
• Publication Date: 1979-11-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 177 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Cost effectiveness; Crash investigation; Crash reports; Data collection; Evaluation; Information processing; Manual safety belts; Manuals; Measures of effectiveness; Motor vehicles; Personnel development; Pilot studies; Police; Reports
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Reporting
• Old TRIS Terms: Pilot study
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318962
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., HS-805 493
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01742
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 19 1982 12:00AM