Instructions: Complete this element for all vulnerable users. This data element is based on the judgment of the law enforcement officer investigating the crash. Definition: The actions/circumstances of the Vulnerable User that may have contributed to the crash. Rationale: This data element is important to evaluate crash outcomes, identify behavioral concerns, inform law enforcement and…
Instructions: Record the sequence of key events or actions involving the vulnerable road user from immediately before the crash until the point of impact or injury. Base entries on available evidence (e.g., witness statements, physical evidence), avoiding speculation. Definition: The events sequence for this crash specific to the vulnerable user. Rationale: Capturing the sequence of…
Instructions: The principal anatomical region of the body where a vulnerable road user sustained the most severe injury as a result of a crash. Definition: The primary or most obvious area of the vulnerable user’s body injured during the crash. Rationale: This element is important for evaluating crash causation, injury severity, and safety system design…
Instructions: Record the physical location in which the vulnerable user was placed in contact with the motor vehicle or other vulnerable user involved in the crash. Definition: Location of the first harmful event on the vulnerable user. Rationale: This element is important for evaluating crash causation, injury severity, and safety system design and effectiveness. Code…
Instructions: Collect and record where the vulnerable user was traveling from, and what their intended destination was. Definition: The indication of whether the vulnerable user was walking/cycling/traveling to/from school, a transit location, an ice cream/food truck, a delivery truck, a mailbox, or a school bus/school bus stop Rationale: This element is used to identify behavioral…
Instructions: Complete this element for all vulnerable users. This data element is seeking the presence of a traffic control device applicable to this vulnerable user, not the actuation of the device or if the device contributed to the crash. Definition: The type of vulnerable user traffic control device applicable to the crash. Rationale: This element…
Instructions: Indicate the type of Vulnerable User involved in the crash. Definition: The type of Vulnerable User. Rationale: It is important to know the Vulnerable User type for classification purposes in order to evaluate specific countermeasures designed for specific people. Code Attribute Definition Example 1 Pedestrian Used for all pedestrians except for those in or…
Instructions: Indicate the person’s use of safety/restraint equipment (or the helmet use by a motorcyclist) at the time of the crash. Definition: The restraint/safety equipment in use by a person, passenger or vulnerable user, or the helmet used by a motorcyclist at the time of the crash. Rationale: Proper classification of the use of available…