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Title Phase 2 : evaluation of the national crash experience : comparison of CARDfile national motor vehicle accident projections with projections from NASS
Record ID 33392
Personal Name
Creator
Salvatore, S; Walter, Robert; Mengert, Peter
Source 117p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication Date 19870700
Language English
Abstract This report details the results of an analysis that compared the Crash Avoidance Research Data Base (CARDfile) with the National Accident Sampling System (NASS). CARDfile combines, in one data base, the police accident records for three years (1983 through 1985) from Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington. It comtains in excess of 4.0 million accidents that involved 6.5 million vehicles. NHTSA's Office of Crash Avoidance (NRD-50) uses CARDfile to evaluate crash avoidance concepts and to assist in program development. To make the best use of CARDfile, it is important to understand how well the accident experience derived from the six CARDfile states compares to other national data bases. During the first effort in this evaluation, TSC examined the general characteristics of the population, the vehicles, the roads, and the fatal accidents in these states and compared them to the same characteristics for the whole nation. We found that the six states agreed well with the nation (Salvatore, Mengert, Walter, 1987).
Rosap ID dot:5845
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5845
TRT Terms Crash records; Crash data; Alternatives analysis; Forecasting; Evaluation
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
Indiana; Maryland; Michigan; Pennsylvania; Texas; Washington
TRIS Online
Accession No
1173242
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/33000/33300/33392/33392.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository