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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Ground Ambulance Crashes April 2014 Objectives The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of roadway ambulance crashes in the U.S. and show how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): Uses databases to record/analyze Ambulance • Crashes Investigates Ambulance Crashes • Documents and Reports on Ambulance Crashes • 2 Administrator Deputy Administrator Director, Chief Counsel Intergovernmental Affairs Policy & Operations Traffic Injury Control Vehicle Safety National Center Research and Regional Operations Vehicle Safety Rulemaking Enforcement For Statistics Program Development And Program Delivery Research And Analysis Impaired Behavioral Emergency Driving Safety Safety Medical & Occupant Programs Research Services Protection 2 The Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) Mission Statement To reduce death and disability by providing leadership and coordination to the EMS community in assessing, planning, developing, and promoting comprehensive, evidence-based emergency medical services and 9-1-1 systems. 4 The NHTSA Approach to Ground Ambulance Safety Collect comprehensive traffic crash data and conduct research Collaborate with national organizations & Federal partners to provide EMS leaders with the information they need to improve ground ambulance safety Foster consensus around strategies to promote safe EMS systems Support projects of national significance to accelerate improvements in ground ambulance safety Comprehensive Traffic Crash Data Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) FARS is a nationwide census of fatal traffic crashes within the 50 states and DC and Puerto Rico* National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES) NASS GES data are obtained from a nationally representative probability sample selected from police-reported crashes Data collected can be used to: Identify highway safety problem areas Provide a basis for regulatory and consumer information initiatives Evaluate cost and benefit analyses of highway safety initiatives Identify behaviors involved in crashes and develop countermeasures to deter unsafe behaviors *Data from Puerto Rico are not included in this presentation 6 NHTSA and Ground Ambulance Crashes Analyzing Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES) Investigating Special Crash Investigations (SCI) Supports an EMS worker nonfatal injury survey conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System work supplement (NEISS-Work). Documenting and National Reporting Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Annual NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 7 An Overview of Ground Ambulance Crashes in the US Between 1992-2011 (20 years), there were an annual estimated mean of 4,500 motor vehicle traffic crashes involving an ambulance. Of these crashes: 65% resulted in property damage (only) 34% resulted in an injury/injuries <1% resulted in a fatality/fatalities *Injuries and fatalities include occupants in all cars involved in a traffic crash involving an ambulance Sources: NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 1992-2010 Final and 2011 Annual Report File (ARF) and National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES),1992-2011 8 Estimated Annual Traffic Crashes involving an Ambulance 1992-2011 3000 Property 2500 Damage Only 2000 s e Injury h s 1500 a r C 1000 Fatal 500 0 1992-1996 1997-2001 2002-2006 2007-2011 Year 9 *bar represents mean number of crashes over 5 years *Injuries and fatalities include occupants in all cars involved in a traffic crash involving an ambulance Sources: NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 1992-2010 Final and 2011 Annual Report File (ARF) and National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES),1992-2011 Analyzing Ambulance Crashes Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES) 10
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