Instructions: Indicate the driver’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 driver, passenger or non-motorist, or the helmet used by a motorcyclist at the time of the crash. Rationale: Proper classification of the use of available occupant…
DetailsInstructions: Identify the place where the occupant was seated when the crash occurred. The majority of crashes will have the driver in seat position 1. NOTE: Mail or foreign vehicles may be right hand drive and the driver will be listed as seat position 3. Definition: The location of this occupant in, on, or outside…
DetailsInstructions: Indicate whether the vehicle was towed and if ‘yes’, under which circumstance. Definition: The method and circumstance to which the involved vehicle left the scene. Towing assistance without removal of the vehicle from the scene, such as pulling a vehicle out of a ditch, is not considered to be towed for the purposes of…
DetailsInstructions: Indicate whether law enforcement suspects drug use. Definition: Indicates whether the driver or non-motorist involved in the crash is suspected by law enforcement to have used drugs. Rationale: Drug-related crashes remain a serious traffic safety problem. Identifying crashes in which drugs may have been involved will help evaluate the effectiveness of programs to decrease…
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