Motorcycle fatality experience based on Fatal Accident Reporting System data 1976-79. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Procedures manual for the post-operational reporting and data extension countermeasure.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Traffic safety facts 1995 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 1996 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 2000: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 2001: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 2003: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Both systems were designed and developed by NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) to provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help identify traffic safety problems, to suggest solutions, and to help provide an objective basis on which to evaluate the effectiveness of motor vehicle safety standards and highway safety initiatives. Data from these systems are used to answer requests for information from the international and national highway traffic safety communities, including state and local governments, the Congress, Federal agencies, research organizations, industry, the media, and private citizens.

Traffic safety facts 1994 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 1997 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 1998 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 1999: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 2002: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 1992 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 1993 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Public reporting of hospital outcomes based on administrative data: risks and opportunities

In the wake of findings from the Bundaberg Hospital and Forster inquiries in Queensland, periodic public release of hospital performance reports has been recommended. A process for developing and releasing such reports is being established by Queensland Health, overseen by an independent expert panel. This recommendation presupposes that public reports based on routinely collected administrative data are accurate; that the public can access, correctly interpret and act upon report contents; that reports motivate hospital clinicians and managers to improve quality of care; and that there are no unintended adverse effects of public reporting. Available research suggests that primary data sources are often inaccurate and incomplete, that reports have low predictive value in detecting outlier hospitals, and that users experience difficulty in accessing and interpreting reports and tend to distrust their findings.