Description:
This application guide provides a process for comparing police accident reports (PAR) or state crash databases to the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Guideline. MMUCC is a voluntary data specification guideline that helps States identify crash data elements to collect on their PARs and maintain in their crash databases. It also serves as an unofficial standard to promote consistency across States and jurisdictions. This guide presents a standardized process to map State data element and attribute specifications to the MMUCC data elements and attributes in order to identify PAR or crash database conformance to MMUCC, prioritize changes to their PAR to increase conformance, and improve the exchange of data with Federal data systems. As States use this process their feedback will help the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) conduct research into State compliance and make modifications to MMUCC to address problematic data elements and attributes.
This guide describes processes for mapping State PARs and crash databases to MMUCC with examples and specific considerations for a number of data elements and attributes. The intent is for agencies to conduct each process separately, although most of the elements overlap.
The guide notes that NHTSA will provide assistance to States that wish to map either PARs or their crash databases to MMUCC. States seeking assistance should contact their NHTSA Regional Office.
Tool Type:
Application Guide
Owner Source:
organization
Sponsor/Owner:
- Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
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Availability:
The application guide is free of charge at the following link:
Mapping to MMUCC
Disclaimer:
This information is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained herein. This information does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturer's names appear in this information only because they are considered essential to the objective of this publication.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations, and translations thereof, expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Highway Administration.