TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The impact of a crash prevention program in a large law enforcement agency
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Tiesman, Hope M.
A1  - Gwilliam, Melody
A1  - Rojek, Jeffrey
A1  - Hendricks, Scott
A1  - Montgomery, Brian
A1  - Alpert, Geoff
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND: Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) remain a leading cause of death for US law enforcement officers. One large agency implemented a crash prevention program with standard operating policy changes, increased training, and a marketing campaign. This was a scientific evaluation of that crash prevention program. <br><br>METHODS: MVC and motor vehicle injury (MVI) data for law enforcement officers were compared using an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model. Two law enforcement agencies who had not implemented a crash prevention program were controls. <br><br>RESULTS: After program implementation, overall, MVC rates significantly decreased 14% from 2.2 MVCs per 100 000 miles driven to 1.9 (P = .008). MVC rates did not decrease in the control agencies. Overall, MVI rates significantly decreased 31% from 3.4 per 100 officers to 2.1 (P = .0002). MVC rates did not decrease in the control agencies. MVC rates for patrol officers significantly decreased 21% from 3.1 per 100 000 miles to 2.4. MVI rates for patrol officers significantly decreased 48% from 3.2 per 100 officers to 1.6 (P < .0001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Crash and injury rates can be reduced after implementation of a crash prevention program and the largest impacts were seen in patrol officers.<br><br>© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23032
ID  - ref1
ER  -