ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL ACCIDENT SAMPLING SYSTEM (NASS) TEAM WITHIN THE CITIES OF FT. LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

In a continuing effort to gain knowledge of the national accident experience, the NHTSA developed the National Accident Sampling System (NASS) as part of a sampling plan to study motor vehicle traffic accidents. The results of the data collection efforts of NASS are valuable in countermeasures development and evaluation, Federal Motor Vehicle and Federal Highway Safety Standards program effectiveness evaluation, and as a measure of the societal loss resulting from motor vehicle traffic accidents. The study area discussed in the report is one of the original ten sites selected for NASS implementation, initially on a pilot study basis. In addition to collecting data from the field, the original ten sites would address questions of feasibility of the plan, projected results of the data collection effort, and specific operational topics e.g. team size, sampling requirements, training approaches, quality control procedures, and field techniques. This report addresses the activities and results of the first three years of the project, for both major tasks-establishment and operation. Topics include study are documentation; team description, function and activities; problems and solutions; and recommendations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Kappa Systems, Incorporated

  1501 Wilson Boulevard
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Beddow, B
  • Roberts, C
  • Rankin, J
  • Bloch, A
  • PEIZER, J
• Publication Date: 1981-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 82 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Data collection; Feasibility analysis; Implementation; Sampling; Statistical quality control; Surveys; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Training; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: National Accident Sampling System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00337177
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., HS-805 739
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01739
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1982 12:00AM