This project seeks to provide guidance for dealing with cost and quality issues associated with the collection and management of highway safety data. Four objectives guided the study: (1) Determine the costs currently associated with collecting and managing highway safety data with emphasis on traffic crash reporting; (2) Determine the quality of the data collected for three sources: traffic crashes, roadway inventory, and emergency medical services provided to crash victims; Identify issues which affect the collection, storage, and use of data from the three sources; (4) Recommend strategies for reducing costs, improving quality and resolving other issues which affect the collection, storage, and use of data from the three sources; Recommend strategies for reducing costs, improving quality, and resolving other issues which affect the collection, management, and subsequent use of the data.


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    Title :

    Highway Safety Data: Costs, Quality, and Strategies for Improvement, Final Report


    Contributors:
    R. C. Pfefer (author) / R. A. Raub (author) / R. E. Lucke (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    98 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English