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Evaluation of 2006 Kentucky crash data reported to MCMIS crash file.

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  • Creators:
  • Corporate Creators:
    University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute
  • Corporate Contributors:
    United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
    UMTRI-2007-50
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Kentucky
  • Corporate Publisher:
    University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute
  • Abstract:
    This report is part of a series evaluating the data reported to the Motor Carrier Management

    Information System (MCMIS) Crash File undertaken by the Center for National Truck and Bus

    Statistics at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The earlier studies

    showed that reporting to the MCMIS Crash File was incomplete. This report examines the

    factors that are associated with reporting rates for the state of Kentucky.

    MCMIS Crash File records were matched to records from the Kentucky Traffic Collision

    Report data to determine the nature and extent of underreporting. Overall, it appears that

    Kentucky is reporting 60.2 percent of crash involvements that should be reported to the MCMIS

    Crash file.

    Reporting rates were related to crash severity, with 84.9 percent of fatal involvements reported,

    and injury/transported and tow/disabled crashes reported at 58.7 percent and 60.2 percent

    respectively. Reporting rates were much higher for trucks (64.3 percent) than buses (6.3

    percent). The highest reporting rate was for tractor-semitrailers (88.0 percent) and the lowest

    rate was for school buses (3.5 percent). Reporting rates also varied by the type of investigation

    agency (state police, sheriff, or city police).

    Missing data rates are exceptionally low for most variables reported to the MCMIS Crash file.

    There were no serious inconsistencies between data reported to the MCMIS file and recorded in

    the Kentucky crash data.

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  • Funding:
    DTMC75-06-H-00003
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    urn:sha256:41d579566ad2e445a1bafd653cdddc226bac7c17149207f3c5971d8d53c54a05
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