Reliability of police-reported information for determining crash and injury severity

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-44

  Farmer, Charles M ^a  

^a Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Injury Codes; National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System; Police Reported Crashes; Speed Limit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037340977     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309855     Document Type: Article

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