Occupant Level Analysis File

The information found in the Occupant Level Analysis file is derived from the Uniform Accident Reports. Uniform Accident Reports are compiled by police officers for reported crashes that occurred on public roadways that resulted in death, personal injury, or $500 or more in property damage according to the investigating officers judgement. No account is kept of unreported crashes or crashes that occurred on private property.

It is important to note that there is one record in the Occupant Level Analysis File for each person involved in a crash. That is, there can be many persons and multiple vehicles involved in a given crash. It is sometimes necessary to combine elements from one or more of these data (Accident, Occupant, and Detail) files to address many traffic safety related research questions.

Please contact the New Mexico Traffic Safety Bureau (1-505-827-0427) if you are interested in pursuing a research project that uses this database.

The documentation for the Occupant Level Analysis File is presented below in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Please note that this documentation describes the SAS version of this data. DGR can convert portions of this data to other formats such as ARC/INFO and DBase when necessary.

Occupant Level Analysis File Occupant Level Analysis File (206kb)

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Last revised: 7/31/02 Hanh Nguyen ( e-mail )