Vital Signs: Fatalities From Crashes – By Case (2022) DRAFT

VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR
Fatalities From Crashes (EN4-6)

FULL MEASURE NAME
Fatalities from crashes (traffic collisions)

LAST UPDATED
May 2022

DESCRIPTION
Fatalities from crashes refers to deaths as a result of injuries sustained in collisions. The California Highway Patrol includes deaths within 30 days of the collision that are a result of injuries sustained as part of this metric. This total fatalities dataset includes fatality counts for the region and counties, as well as individual collision data and metropolitan area data.

DATA SOURCE
National Highway Safety Administration: Fatality Analysis Reporting System

CONTACT INFORMATION
[e-mail]

METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator)
The data is reported by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), which was accessed via SafeTREC’s Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS). The data was tabulated using provided categories specifying injury level, individuals involved, causes of collision, and location/jurisdiction of collision (for more: http://tims.berkeley.edu/help/files/switrs_codebook.doc).

For more regarding reporting procedures and injury classification, see the California Highway Patrol Manual (https://one.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/stateCatalog/states/ca/docs/CA_CHP555_Manual_2_2003_ch1-13.pdf).

生命体征指标
事故致死率（EN4-6）

完整指标名称
事故致死率（交通碰撞）

最后更新
2022年5月

描述
事故致死率指因碰撞而遭受伤害导致死亡的事件。加利福尼亚州高速公路巡逻队（CHP）将碰撞后30天内因伤害而导致的死亡事件纳入此指标范围。此总致死率数据集包括区域和县级行政区致死率统计，以及个别碰撞事件数据和都会区数据。

数据来源
美国国家公路交通安全管理局：致命分析报告系统

联系方式
[e-mail]

方法论注释（适用于此指标的所有数据集）
数据由加利福尼亚州高速公路巡逻队（CHP）报告给州综合交通记录系统（SWITRS），并通过SafeTREC的交通伤害映射系统（TIMS）获取。数据统计使用了提供的分类，包括伤害程度、涉及的个人、碰撞原因以及碰撞地点/管辖权（更多信息请见：http://tims.berkeley.edu/help/files/switrs_codebook.doc）。

有关报告程序和伤害分类的更多信息，请参阅加利福尼亚州高速公路巡逻队手册（https://one.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/stateCatalog/states/ca/docs/CA_CHP555_Manual_2_2003_ch1-13.pdf）。