Lindeijer J E
Accid Anal Prev. 1987 Apr;19(2):91-104. doi: 10.1016/0001-4575(87)90028-5.
Vehicle characteristics are of importance in all phases of road accident. None, however, are recorded by the police on the road accident registration form in The Netherlands. By linking the Vehicle Registration file to the Road Accident file a number of important vehicle characteristics can be added to the accident record. Theoretically it had to be possible to link both files because there was a common key variable viz. the vehicle registration number, which in The Netherlands is unique and stays with the vehicle its whole life. The test linkage was aimed at determining whether it was also practically possible. It was furthermore aimed at determining the completeness and reliability of both files. The fatal accidents of 1981 were selected to serve for the test because only fatal accidents are completely recorded, and 1981 was the most recent available year at the time. These limitations made it possible for SWOV to carry out a manual control on vehicle make and model, as this is often recorded by the police. Based on the conformity found, the validity of the linking by vehicle registration number was found to be 94% and the reliability at least 95%. The conclusion is therefore that the linkage can be accomplished in practice and that it reliably adds useful vehicle characteristics to the police records on fatal road accidents. This complementary information is in the first place important for deeper analysis of the relationship between, on the one hand, accident and injury characteristics and, on the other hand, the vehicle characteristics.
车辆特征在道路交通事故的各个阶段都很重要。然而，在荷兰，警方的道路交通事故登记表并未记录任何车辆特征。通过将车辆登记档案与道路交通事故档案相链接，可以为事故记录添加一些重要的车辆特征。从理论上讲，链接这两个档案应该是可行的，因为存在一个共同的关键变量，即车辆登记号码，在荷兰，这个号码是唯一的，并且车辆终身使用该号码。测试链接旨在确定在实际操作中是否可行。此外，还旨在确定两个档案的完整性和可靠性。选择1981年的致命事故进行测试，因为只有致命事故有完整记录，而且1981年是当时可获取的最新年份。这些限制使得SWOV能够对车辆品牌和型号进行人工核对，因为警方通常会记录这些信息。基于发现的一致性，通过车辆登记号码进行链接的有效性为94%，可靠性至少为95%。因此得出的结论是，在实际操作中可以实现链接，并且它能可靠地为警方的致命道路交通事故记录添加有用的车辆特征。这些补充信息首先对于深入分析一方面事故和伤害特征与另一方面车辆特征之间的关系非常重要。
