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

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  • Creators:
    Blower, Daniel ; Matteson, Anne
  • 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.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Funding:
    DTMC75-06-H-00003
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29014/dot_29014_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 363.78 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    US Transportation Collection
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:41d579566ad2e445a1bafd653cdddc226bac7c17149207f3c5971d8d53c54a05
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