HOSPITAL-BASED SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS AND FOLLOW-UP OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES IN GOETEBORG, SWEDEN. TRAFFIC OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR M HELD AT THE PTRC SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, ENGLAND, 15-18 JULY 1985, VOLUME P269

A hospital-based system for the comprehensive analysis of traffic accident data and medical follow-up data has been in use in Stockholm since 1979. The basic data are taken from the police reports on the circumstances of the accidents and from the hospital records noting their outcome. Complementary data are provided by "in-depth at-the-scene" investigations, interviews and medical follow-up. Accident, hospital and investigation data can be linked and analysed with a standard computer program. More than 4000 traffic accident casualties have been recorded since 1983. Detailed information about any traffic accident and its consequenses facilitates on-going traffic planning and is useful for accident prevention and for investigations of impact trauma mechanisms. Studies of car-pedestrian and bicycle accidents have already proved this. For the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 286745. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • BUNKETORP, O
  • Romanus, B
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 269-279
• Serial:
  • Publication of: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited
  • Publisher: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited
  • ISSN: 0960-9938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash analysis; Crash reports; Follow up investigation; Highway planning; Hospitals; Interviewing; Medical services; On the scene crash investigation; Prevention; Safety; Traffic; Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466589
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 086050-154-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM