Privately Owned Motor Vehicle Collisions
Technical BulletinLast updated Tuesday, February 5, 2013The problem was the State of Wyoming had no systematic method to collect data from motor vehicle collisions involving privately-owned vehicles used by fire department members during emergency response. The purpose of the applied research project was to identify methods to collect data from these types of incidents. Descriptive research was selected as the most appropriate research method to address the problem and purpose statements. Three research questions were chosen to analyze the problem. First, how do fire departments in Wyoming collect data from motor vehicle collisions involving privately-owned vehicles used by members of their organization? Second, how do Wyoming law enforcement collision reports record data from these types of incidents? Third, how do Wyoming insurers collect data from these types of incidents? Research procedures included the development of a questionnaire for Wyoming fire chiefs, data queries submitted to the United States Fire Administration, to the Wyoming Traffic Crash Report Database, and to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and interviews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, the Wyoming State Insurance Department , and the Wyoming Local Government Liability Pool.The results indicated most Wyoming fire departments rely on state law enforcement officials to complete traffic crash reports; that Wyoming law enforcement agencies use a standardized traffic crash report form to collect data for motor vehicle collisions with over 1,000.00 in damage; and that Wyoming insurers rely on affiliate companies to provide actuarial data from motor vehicle collisions. The primary recommendation to address the research project was to modify the Wyoming Investigator's Traffic Crash Report and accompanying training manual for law enforcement officers and to follow up with a proposal for modification submitted to the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria Committee,. Finally, an analysis of the impact privately-owned vehicle emergency response collisions has on public safety should then be conducted.
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