Publication Details

Health and transportation data linkage

Type: presentation

Subtype: Conference presentation

Author(s): Harmon, Katherine J.

Url: https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/research/projects/2019r22/

Publication Date: Jan-2020

Address: Washington, DC

Abstract: There is a need to tackle the problem of rising pedestrian morbidity and mortality through the study of integrated crash and health outcome data at the population level. This study analyzed five years of population-based, integrated, police reported crash and emergency department visit data to examine vehicle, crash, roadway, and person-level factors and their association with serious pedestrian injuries, ascertained using clinical metrics, rather than police reported injury severity indices. In addition, the results of the descriptive analysis were used to inform a multivariate predictive regression analysis, in which significant predictors of serious pedestrian injury were identified. Finally, the integrated crash-emergency department visit data were used to describe both the nature (laceration, fracture, etc.) and location (head, upper extremity, etc.) of injury to have a better understanding of pedestrian health outcomes following a motor vehicle crash.

Event: Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting