Kentucky Traffic Collision Facts: 2009 Report Kentucky traffic accident facts Collision facts report Accident facts report

485910232009PDFTech ReportAccident dataTraffic accidentsFatalitiesInjuriesWeather conditionsSpeedPedestrian accidentsMotorcycle accidentsBus accidentsStatisticsKentuckyUniversity of Kentucky Transportation CenterUniversity of Kentucky Transportation CenterKentucky State PoliceNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-StatisticsUS Transportation CollectionKENTUCKY\u2019S TRAFFIC COLLISION FACTS report for 2009 is based on collision reports submitted to the Kentucky State Police Records Branch. As required by Kentucky Revised Statutes 189.635, \u201cevery law enforcement agency whose officers investigate a vehicle accident of which a report must be made...shall file a report of the accident...within ten days after investigation of the accident upon forms supplied by the bureau.\u201d The stated purpose of this requirement is to utilize data on traffic collisions for such purposes as will improve the traffic safety program in the Commonwealth. Data contained in this report are based solely on the observations and judgements of the state and local police officers who investigated each collision. The collision data is contained in an automatic system (Collision Report Analysis for Safer Highways) (CRASH). This system has edit checks for accuracy. Computer tabulations and summaries are again checked for accuracy before information is released or disseminated. It is hoped that the detailed information presented in the 2009 Kentucky Traffic Collision Facts report will, in fact, \u201cimprove the traffic safety program within the Commonwealth.\u201