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The Crash Severity Dimension is a MAST [[dimension]] which defines a convenient approach to summarising road safety data by [[severity]].  It is based on severity of injury to [[casualties]] according to [[STATS19]] returns.
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The Crash Severity Dimension is a MAST [[dimension]] which summarises the overall [[severity]] of [[crashes]] according to [[STATS19]] returns.  It uses MAST's standard [[Severity hierarchy]] structure.
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Crash Severity is arranged into two levels.  At the top level,
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Crash Severity defines the severity of as crash overall as being equal to that of the single most acute resultant casualty.  It should not be confused with [[Casualty Severity]], which describes the severity of [[casualties]] individually.

Current revision as of 11:43, 2 November 2009

The Crash Severity Dimension is a MAST dimension which summarises the overall severity of crashes according to STATS19 returns. It uses MAST's standard Severity hierarchy structure.

Crash Severity defines the severity of as crash overall as being equal to that of the single most acute resultant casualty. It should not be confused with Casualty Severity, which describes the severity of casualties individually.

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