Comprehensive Accident Data

In-House Databases

JP Research has one of the largest single repositories of accident data obtained from federal and state agencies. JP Research is the only consulting firm in the U.S. that maintains hospital data linked to state accident records for some states.

NHTSA Databases Maintained In-House Analysis

• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
• National Automotive Sampling System
  Crashworthiness Data System (NASS/CDS)

• General Estimates System (GES)
• Special Crash Investigation (SCI) Files
• Office of Defect Investigation (ODI)
  Consumer Complaints Data

State Motor Vehicle Accident Databases Maintained In-House Analysis

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Idaho
• Illinois

• Iowa
• Kansas
• Maryland [+ pedestrian CODES data]
• Missouri
• Nebraska

• New York (+ hospital in-patient data)
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Texas

• Utah (+ hospital in-patient data)
• Washington
• Wisconsin (CODES: Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System)
• Wyoming

Additional Databases Analysis

• NEISS data, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
• Occupational injury data, OSHA
• Motor vehicle registration data, R.L. Polk & Company
• Trauma center data from selected California hospitals
• Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)

• Truck Inventory and Use Summary (TIUS)/Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)
• Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents (TIFA)
• North Carolina Driver Survey
• Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS)

• National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
• Death Certificates
• Pedestrian CODES Data
• National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS)

Other Data Sources Analysis

Useful statistical data is not always available in large databases. Some of the other data sources used by JP Research include:

• Insurance/accident claims data
• Lawsuit/settlement incident data
• Inspection/testing frequency data
• Standardized surveys
• Dealer information
• Copies of individual police-filed accident reports