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NCJ Number:	166707

Title:	Missouri Emergency Service Vehicle Crashes, 1995

Corporate Author:	Missouri State Highway Patrol, Statistical Analysis Ctr United States of America

Date Published:	1996

Page Count:	56

Sponsoring Agency:	Missouri State Highway Patrol, Statistical Analysis Ctr Jefferson, MO 65101 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000

Sale Source:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America Missouri State Highway Patrol, Statistical Analysis Ctr 1510 East Elm Jefferson, MO 65101 United States of America

Type:	Survey

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	Official traffic accident records were analyzed to determine the nature and extent of traffic crashes involving police vehicles and other emergency service vehicles in Missouri in 1995.

Abstract:	The Missouri Statewide Traffic Accident Records System provides information on all traffic crashes on public roadways if they involve a death or personal injury or property damage over $500. The analysis revealed that 1,892 traffic crashes involving 1,945 emergency service vehicles took place during the year. Six persons were killed and 716 were injured. A total of 20.4 percent of the emergency vehicles were on an emergency run at the time of the crash. A total of 81.8 percent of the emergency vehicles were police vehicles, 9 percent were fire vehicles, and 8.8 percent were ambulances. The 396 emergency vehicles making emergency runs when a traffic crash took place included 65 fire emergency vehicles and 52 ambulances. Figures, tables, map, and glossary

Main Term(s):	Police statistics

Index Term(s):	Emergency vehicles; Highway safety; Missouri; Police pursuit driving; Police safety; Police vehicular accidents; Traffic accidents



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