Glossary of Data Variables for Fatal and accident causation ... - ERSO

Work package 5 Database Glossary
For each event the following variables should be filled in
# Variable Value Notes
V40 Event type
Select which event type occurred for event 1.
1 = Non collision
2 = Collision with vehicle
3 = Collision with object not fixed
4 = Collision with fixed object
-999= Unknown
V41 Event detail See TABLE 7 in the appendix for ‘Event
Detail’ options
V42 Interacted with Vehicle 1
Vehicle 2
Vehicle 3
……….
……….
Vehicle 17
Not applicable
Unknown
V43 Collision type See TABLE 8 in appendix for ‘Collision
type’ options
-777 = Not applicable
-999 = Unknown
An event where the case vehicle does not contact either a fixed, non fixed object or another
vehicle. Examples include; Fire, Ejection and rollover.
Coded when the case vehicle collides with another vehicle of any type
An event where the case vehicle collides with an object that is not fixed. A non-fixed object
could include an Animal, Vulnerable road user such as a cyclist or pedestrian or an object in
the carriageway such as vehicle debris or fallen cargo.
An event where the case vehicle collides with a rigidly fixed object or piece of roadside
furniture. Includes collision objects such as posts/poles, bridges, walls, buildings, trees,
ditches and embankments.
Based on your answer for event type, select an option of detail, describing the event from the
list below.
If event type = collision with vehicle, select the collision partner number from the list.
Based on your selection for event type please select details of damage area/vehicle
interaction.
For example – Vehicle 1 stops in traffic, vehicle 2 (behind vehicle 1) fails to see this and runs
into the back of vehicle 1.
For vehicle 1 code rear to front
For vehicle 2 code front to rear
Always code pedestrian as ‘front’
The above fields are repeated 6 times, to enable the sequence of events to be listed.
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