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Issues in cross‐national comparisons of crash data
Author(s) -
VOAS ROBERT B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02114.x
Subject(s) - crash , data collection , computer science , poison control , data science , medical emergency , medicine , statistics , mathematics , programming language
While national accident record systems appear to provide an attractive method of comparing the effectiveness of traffic safety programs, differences in definitions, data collection methods and file structure may lead to misleading conclusions. Variations in crash definitions and methods for measuring alcohol involvement are described and illustrated with data from US crash files. Examples of international comparisons are provided.