ABSTRACT
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi, India
This chapter illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of the primary level data base of road traffic crashes (RTC). The chapter reports the results of a study commissioned by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) U.K. to evaluate the experience of Bangalore police in adapting the Microcomputer Accident Analysis Package (MAAP) developed by the Overseas Unit of TRL. It also includes the findings of a survey of accident recording procedures in six other Indian cities. The survey was conducted as part of a research project sponsored by the Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India, in an attempt to standardize the primary level data. The chapter also includes a review of the Road Accident Data Base Management System (RADMS) of Tamil Nadu government which has been in operation since 2009. A standard traffic crash recording form is presented for the preliminary analysis of traffic crash patterns based on information available in police first information reports (FIR).
