Abstract People injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes were identified from a population-representative incidence sample of hospital emergency department visits. Matched police reports of crashes were sought in official state records of motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of the emergency department cases. 55% had matched police reports. The frequency of matched reports was highest for drivers (74%). people transported to the hospital by emergency vehicle (69%). and those requiring hospital admission (74%). The frequency was lowest for people younger than 16 years (28%), people injured as occupants of vehicles other than passenger cars (24%). medicaid recipients (33%). and nonresidents of the study region (40%). Motor vehicle traffic injuries are undercounted in police-reported statistics. For many groups, police reporting is less than 50% of the cases identified through emergency departments. The likelihood that a case of motor vehicle traffic injury will have a matched police report depends on demographic, social and crash factors as well as on injury severity.
Discrepancies in vehicular crash injury reporting: Northeastern Ohio trauma study IV
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 17 , 2 ; 147-154
1984-08-12
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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