Missouri Emergency Service Vehicle Accidents, 1993

• NCJ Number: 152399
• Author(s): P Emmel; B Aber
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 54 pages
• Corporate Author: Missouri State Highway Patrol, Statistical Analysis Ctr
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Data from Missouri's Statewide Traffic Accident Records System (STARS) formed the basis of this analysis of traffic accidents involving emergency service vehicles.

Abstract

The analysis revealed that during 1991-93, the State has experienced 3,668 emergency service vehicle traffic accidents. The 1,212 accidents in 1993 involved 1,249 emergency service vehicles and resulted in the death of 1 person and injuries to 543 persons. Three hundred four of these vehicles were on an emergency run at the time of the accident; the incident no doubt delayed or prevented the unit from responding to the original emergency situation. Nine hundred eighty-one of the vehicles were police vehicles, 130 were fire vehicles, and 123 were ambulances. Figures, tables, and glossary