[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35102-35103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16436]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. 95-21, Notice No. 02]


Notice of Availability of the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation 
System (Codes) Technical Report, Background Material for the Draft 
Report to Congress on the Benefits of Safety Belts and Motorcycle 
Helmets

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Technical Report which provides 
background material for the Report to Congress on The Benefits of 
Safety Belts and Motorcycle Helmets, produced by the Crash Outcome Data 
Evaluation System (CODES) project.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Technical Report 
for the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) project. This 
report provides detailed background material for the Report to Congress 
on the Benefits of Safety Belts and Motorcycle Helmets, based on data 
and analyses from the CODES project. The Report to Congress, which was 
mandated by Section 1031(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), was made available for a 90-day public 
comment period through a notice published in the Federal Register on 
May 3.

DATES: Comments on the draft Report to Congress are due no later than 
August 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of the draft report or 
the CODES Technical Report, free of charge, from NHTSA's Docket Section 
at the following address: Docket Section, Room 5109, NASSIF Building, 
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4949. 
Docket hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Dennis Utter, National Center for Statistics and Analysis NRD-31, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20590: Telephone 202-366-5351.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Report to Congress on the Benefits of 
Safety Belts and Motorcycle Helmets was mandated by Section 1031(b) of 
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). 
Grants were awarded to entities in Hawaii, Maine, Missouri, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin to obtain the data and perform 
analyses upon which the report was based. NHTSA entitled the project 
the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Project. These CODES 
grantee states linked statewide motor vehicle crash report data and 
computerized emergency medical service, emergency department, hospital 
discharge, and rehabilitative/long-term care data. The linked data were 
analyzed to determine the medical and financial outcome benefits of the 
protective devices in crashes. The grantees provided NHTSA with the 
results of these analyses. NHTSA summarized the results of the 
individual state studies to produce the draft Report to Congress.
    Whereas the draft Report to Congress provides an overview of the 
study, the databases used, the methodology used to link and analyze the 
data, and composite results, the CODES Technical Report provides 
results by state and details on the procedures used by the grantees to 
prepare the databases, the probabilistic methods used to link them, and 
the statistical analyses which were performed. Also provided is 
additional information about the CODES Advisory Committees and state-
specific applications for the linked data
William A. Boehly,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-16436 Filed 7-3-95; 8:45 am]
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