Rapportering af trafikulykker med personskade. (Reporting traffic accident with personal injury.)

Author(s)
Nordentoft, E.L. Dalby, T. Lagoni, P. Thaarup, C. & Petersen, E.A.
Year
Abstract

This study is concerned with the ability of the police and of hospitals to collect data on traffic accidents with personal injury. Out of 2055 victims registered by a hospital the police had 803 (39.1%) on record while the hospital had registered 99.4% of all registered victims. The proportion of victims registered by the police was comparatively low for single vehicle accidents, for accidents with slight injury only, for unprotected road- users and for patients who were not hospitalised immediately after the accident. Errors were found in 16% of the police data describing patients and in 3.5% of the hospital data describing accidents. The police data on the use of seat belts turned out to be erroneous.

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Publication

Library number
B 2106 /81 / IRRD 205107
Source

Copenhagen, Rådet for Trafiksikkerhedsforskning RfT (Danish Council for Road Safety Research), 1972, 24 p., 9 ref.; Rapport 13

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