CODES APPLICATIONS

Types of Highway Traffic Safety Applications

Quantify the:

• effectiveness of safety belts and motorcycle helmets on death, disability, and costs,

 

• populations at risk for increased severity or high health care costs
• impact of different event, vehicle or human behavior characteristics on outcome
• safety needs at the community level
• allocation of resources for emergency medical services
• injury patterns by type of roadway and geographic location

• benefits of collaboration on data quality

 

This report lists the scope, data used, format, methodology and contact person for 56 studies, 52 management reports, 3 fact sheets, and 3 annual reports prepared by ten of the 25 states developing applications for linked crash and injury data.