TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Discrepancies in vehicular crash injury reporting: Northeastern Ohio Trauma Study. iv
JO  - Accident analysis and prevention
A1  - Barancik, J. I.
A1  - Fife, D.
SP  - 147
EP  - 154
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - People injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes were identified from a population-representative incidence sample of hospital emergency department visits. Matched police reports of crashes were sought in official state records of motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of the emergency department cases, 55% had matched police reports. The frequency of matched reports was highest for drivers (74%), people transported to the hospital by emergency vehicle (69%), and those requiring hospital admission (74%). The frequency was lowest for people younger than 16 years (28%), people injured as occupants of vehicles other than passenger cars (24%), medicaid recipients (33%), and nonresidents of the study region (40%). Motor vehicle traffic injuries are undercounted in police-reported statistics. For many groups, police reporting is less than 50% of the cases identified through emergency departments. The likelihood that a case of motor vehicle traffic injury will have a matched police report depends on demographic, social and crash factors as well as on injury severity.
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-4575
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -