The use of impairment for establishing accident injury research priorities. Government /Industry Meeting and Exposition, Washington, D.C., May 18- 21, 1987.

Various approaches to establishing research priorities are reviewed and the desirability of a life based rather than an economic based metric is discussed. The concept of using impairment for this purpose is explored. The development of a data base covering the impairment resulting from motor vehicle crashes is described, based on the incidence and demographic data, standard life tables, and factors for whole- body impairment.