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

# Variable Value Notes
3 = Full
Work package 5 Database Glossary
Trapped within the vehicle by body parts and not able to move due to deformation of
structures such as floor pans, foot wells, pedals or intrusion
P94
Taken to hospital
-777 = Not applicable
-999 = Unknown
Details of the need for medical treatment required by the occupants/pedestrians
P95
P96
P97
P98
5.1 only 1 = Yes
2 = No
Number of days in
hospital
5.1 only
Died at scene/en route
5.1 only
Number of days until
death
5.1 only
Police Suspicion of
alcohol involvement
-999 = Unknown
3 digit numeric
-999 = Unknown
-777 = Not applicable
1 = Yes
2 = No
-999 = Unknown
2 digit numeric
-999 = Unknown
-777 = Not applicable
1 = Yes
2 = No
-999 = Unknown
-777 = Not applicable
The road user arrived at the hospital alive.
The road user did not require medical treatment in a hospital. Code ‘No’ for road users who
were taken to hospital despite dying on scene/en route.
Code 1 day for evidence of hospital admittance not on the duration of stay, any hospital
admittance = 1 day. For example if patient was admitted at 10am and left at 11am, code as 1
day, likewise if a patient was admitted to hospital at 10am and died at 12pm this is also 1 day
(although ‘Days until death’ (P97) will be 0 days).
[Lim’] P17+, Comment 11, 43 & 67
The casualty did not reach hospital alive or was not taken to hospital due to life being
pronounced extinct at the scene or in transport on the way to hospital.
The total number of days after the accident before the casualty dies. If the casualty died at
the scene of the incident or on the way to hospital then code 0 days.
One day is considered 24 hours after the time of the incident, if death occurs less than 24
hours after the accident code 0 days.
A record of the alcohol level for a specific road user in accordance with law. The level
recorded will be above or equal to the legal limit. Note: to record alcohol levels below legal
limits use ‘Impairment’ variable.
For 5.1: Code according to the source material.
For 5.2: According to information gathered by accident investigator(s) on the scene.
The road user is above the legal drive limit for the specific country
The road user is below the legal drive limit for the specific country
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