White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) · 1992 · 10 citations · 2 references
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Public HealthInjury PreventionInjury SurveillanceOccupational HealthPublic Health SurveillanceIncident ReportingIncident ReportsInjury Data SourcesInjury EpidemiologyRoad SafetyTraffic SafetyAccident RecordsAccident ReportsCasualty ReportingCasualty RetrievalInjury Record LinkageInjury Surveillance SystemsPolice Crash ReportsPolice Reports
The current system used to collect road accident statistics provides no detailed information on the injuries sustained, nor does it account for all the road accidents and casualties resulting from them. Other studies have attempted to link hospital casualty data to that contained on the police reports but with limited success. The method outlined here matches 97.3% of casualty records that should be matched with only 1.4% error. This will therefore provide a effective model to test the reporting rates of various groups and the injuries sustained by them.
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