During the period 1991 through 1993, an estimated 10.6 million vehicles each year were involved in police-reported traffic crashes. This report focuses attention on occupants of those passenger vehicles that were towed from the crash scene. NHTSA's National Accident Sampling System (NASS)/ Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) collects detailed information on towed passenger vehicle crashes, employing trained, professional accident investigation teams. The in-depth data collection, scientific protocols, and professionalism of those involved make the NASS/CDS database a valuable resource to many in the professionalism of those involved make the NASS/CDS database a valuable resource to many in the traffic safety community. NASS data are used government, industry, and the private sector to conduct research, identify injury patterns and mechanisms, provide a basis for regulatory decisionmaking, and provide a means of evaluating the association between occupant injury and various crash-related characteristics.


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    Title :

    National Accident Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System 1991-1993


    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    272 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English