Crash analysis system (CAS) training workbook

Version 4.0

Print version: Training workbook (PDF, 1.25 MB, 55 pages)

Contents

Information about CAS

• Seeking assistance
• Some CAS terms
• Where does CAS crash data come from?
• What is recorded on Police crash reports?
• What years does the data in CAS cover?
• How are crashes coded?
• Crash report images
• Crash data and coding issues
• CAS data cycles
• Data exports from CAS
• CAS setup
• CAS operation
• Printing coded and English language reports
• Report exports from CAS
• CAS technology
• CAS and PDF Printing

Training exercises

• Exercise 1 -Getting to know CAS
• Exercise 2 -Reporting on crashes at a location
• Exercise 3 -Mapping crashes in an area
• Exercise 4 -Thematic crash maps and crash site maps
• Exercise 5 -Pedestrian crash analysis
• Exercise 6 -Counting crashes and casualties
• Supplementary exercise 1 -Sites with a high percentage of night time crashes
• Supplementary exercise 1 -Sites with a high percentage of night time crashes
• Supplementary exercise 2 -Who dies in drunk driver crashes?
• Supplementary exercise 3 -Map crashes involving young drunk-drivers
• Supplementary exercise 4 -Monitoring crashes at sites

Solutions to the exercises

• Solution 1 -Getting to know CAS
• Solution 2 -Reporting on crashes at a location
• Solution 3 -Mapping crashes in an area
• Solution 4 -Thematic crash maps, and crash site maps
• Solution 5 -Pedestrian crash analysis
• Solution 6 -Counting crashes and casualties
• Supplementary solution 1 -Sites with a high percentage of night time crashes
• Supplementary solution 2 -Who dies in drunk driver crashes?
• Supplementary solution 3 -Map crashes involving young drunk drivers
• Supplementary solution 4 -Monitoring crashes at sites

Appendix 1: Vehicle movement coding sheet

Appendix 2: CAS cause codes - (Version 1.5 March 2005)

Appendix 3 : CAS presentation

Page created: 10 May 2006