Development of a Comprehensive Approach for Serious Traffic Crash Injury Measurement and Reporting Systems (2021) / Chapter Skim
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61 11 Appendix A Serious Injury Definitions Survey State Definition of serious injury Alabama The following defines the injury codes that are applied according to the judgment of the reporting officer: / / 1 Fatal. This code will be entered if a victim is pronounced dead at the scene or before the report is completed.
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62 Survey State Definition of serious injury Exclusions: / - Momentary unconsciousness / - And others / / Non-Incapacitating Injury (code 3) – / Any injury other than a fatal injury or an incapacitating injury, which is evident to observers at the scene.
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63 Survey State Definition of serious injury Kansas As applied by officers in the field, it is very subjective. Our coding manual gives the following instructions: "The person's Injury severity should be listed as the reporting officer observes it to be at the time of the accident: Possible Injury, Non-incapacitating Injury, or disabling injury.
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64 Survey State Definition of serious injury Transport by ambulance from the scene does not necessarily indicate the individual sustained disabling injuries. / Evident-Not Disabling - The person sustained visible injuries that were neither fatal nor disabling.
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65 Survey State Definition of serious injury Oregon Code 2 is used for participants who suffer severe injuries. An incapacitating injury is a non-fatal injury which "prevents the injured person from walking, driving or normally continuing the activities the person was capable of performing before the injury occurred".
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