The Impact of a Crash Prevention Program in a Large Law Enforcement Agency

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• Personal Author:
  Alpert G ; Gwilliam M ; Hendricks S ; Montgomery B ; Rojek J ; Tiesman, Hope M.
• Description:
  Background: Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) remain a leading cause of death for US law enforcement officers. One large agency implemented a crash prevention program with standard operating policy changes, increased training, and a marketing campaign. This was a scientific evaluation of that crash prevention program. Methods: MVC and motor vehicle injury (MVI) data for law enforcement officers were compared using an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model. Two law enforcement agencies who had not implemented a crash prevention program were controls. Results: After program implementation, overall, MVC rates significantly decreased 14% from 2.2 MVCs per 100,000 miles driven to 1.9 (P = .008). MVC rates did not decrease in the control agencies. Overall, MVI rates significantly decreased 31% from 3.4 per 100 officers to 2.1 (P = .0002). MVC rates did not decrease in the control agencies. MVC rates for patrol officers significantly decreased 21% from 3.1 per 100,000 miles to 2.4. MVI rates for patrol officers significantly decreased 48% from 3.2 per 100 officers to 1.6 (P < .0001). Conclusions: Crash and injury rates can be reduced after implementation of a crash prevention program and the largest impacts were seen in patrol officers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Emergency Responders Law Enforcement Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Accident Rates Accident Statistics Author Keywords: ARIMA Emergency Responders Evaluation Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Officer Law Enforcement Workers LEO Motor Vehicle Crash Motor Vehicles Police Officers Surveillance

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Interagency Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; South Carolina ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056744
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2019 Oct; 62(10):847-858
• Contact Point Address:
  Hope M. Tiesman, PhD, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale Road, M/S 1811, Morgantown, WV 26506
• Email:
  htiesman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:10a01707587ae656df1ce6f6e194b6e8af98d491c68b248ed97984a0de47fc3166fdb4e42a59d51b19462b869bd77a16bca81cb05d86e3269dc8dd29a3f19551
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214291/cdc_214291_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.28 MB ]