Fields: Crash Records from the Department of Motor Vehicles based on the 2015 DMV 349 Data Dictionary Provisional Category Field Description Source comments C1. Crash Crash Case Identifier A unique number assigned to the Crash Source: Refer to crash ID Number on DMV-349 Form. Report by NC DMV Attribute: 9-digit sequential number Rationale: This number, assigned by the DMV Traffic Records Section, facilitates the linkage of crash file sub-components, such as location and unit information with control information, as well as linkage of the traffic records sub-files back to the crash data file. C2. Crash Local Report Optional number assigned by originating Attributes: According to Crash Reporting Surveyed, thirty percent of respondents Number police department indicate that they use 8 characters when assigning case numbers to files. Twenty-one percent and 17% of departments use 7 and 6 characters, respectively. Few respondents assign more than 10 characters to a case number. Rationale: Used by local law enforcement to index crash reports. C3. Crash Crash Date The date (month, day and year) at which the Source: Refer to crash date on DMV-349 Form. crash occurred. Rationale: Important for management/administration, evaluation, and linkage. Changed The time (hour and minute) at which crash 2-position code for year to 4-position in preparation for the year 2000. occurred. C4. Crash Crash Time The time (hour and minute) at which crash Source: Refer to crash date on DMV-349 Form. occurred. Rationale: Important for management/administration, evaluation, and linkage. Changed 2-position code for year to 4-position in preparation for the year 2000. C5. Crash Crash County The code value that represents a county in North Carolina. C6. Crash Crash City The code identifying the city/place in which a Source: Refer to county block on DMV-349 Form. crash occurred. Attribute: The full Name of the Municipality is recorded on the DMV-349. Up to twenty- two positions of the Name are entered into an automated file. If a municipality is not on the list, the coding changes to a Rural report and only the County code is used. Rationale: Important for analyses of local area programs such as "Safe Communities." Critical for data linkage of the crash file to other state data files (such as EMS, hospital, roadway, etc.). C7. Crash Locality The general type and level of development in Source: Refer to block # 1 left side of DMV-349 Form. the vicinity of the crash. For example, if the Rationale: Important for analyses of programs by area development (rural vs. urban). estimated total development is less than 30% or about 1/3 of road frontage on both sides over a substantial distance from the scene of the crash, then enter a "1" for rural development. 1 Rural (<30% Developed) 2 Mixed (30% To 70% Developed) 3 Urban (>70% Developed) 4 Unknown Thursday, January 10, 2019 Provisional Page 1 of 59 Fields: Crash Records from the Department of Motor Vehicles based on the 2015 DMV 349 Data Dictionary Provisional Category Field Description Source comments C8. Crash Relation to Roadway The location of the First Harmful Event as it Source: Refer to block 33 on the DMV-349 Form. relates to its position within or outside the Rationale: Important to provide further information concerning the location of the First trafficway. This data element also relates to harmful Event and to identify highway geometric deficiencies. other data elements; including Location, Sequence of Events, Non-Motorist Location, and the Reference to Roadway subfield for the data element Direction of Travel. 1 On Roadway 2 Shoulder 3 Median 4 Roadside 5 Outside Trafficway 6 Unknown C9. Crash Crash Roadway On Road route number. Example : 1, 50, 40 Location: On Road route number C9. Crash Crash Roadway TOWARD ROAD route type. Location: TOWARD ROAD route type C9. Crash Crash Roadway The 8-digit code for the toward road. Location: The 8-digit code for the toward road C9. Crash Crash Roadway Location's Longitude number. Location: Longitude C9. Crash Crash Roadway The milepost location of the non-inventoried Location: Milepost feature, landmark, or annotation. Recorded for location of the non- strip analysis reports only. Must be >= begin inventoried feature milepost and <= end milepost of the longest road segment under study. C9. Crash Crash Roadway Compass direction from the specified Location: Direction municipality to the scene of the crash. Outside Municipality C9. Crash Crash Roadway On Road route type. Location: On Road route type C9. Crash Crash Roadway The incorporated city or town in which or Location: nearest which the accident occurred Municipality C9. Crash Crash Roadway DOT assigned city/town code. Used in Location: DOT conjunction with the county code. assigned city/town code Thursday, January 10, 2019 Provisional Page 2 of 59 Fields: Crash Records from the Department of Motor Vehicles based on the 2015 DMV 349 Data Dictionary Provisional Category Field Description Source comments C9. Crash Crash Roadway Identifies whether the Location Route Location: Inventoried is a coinciding segment of Connecting Route roadway -- a physical segment of roadway Indicator shared by two or more routes. C9. Crash Crash Roadway TOWARD ROAD route class. Location: TOWARD ROAD route class C9. Crash Crash Roadway TOWARD ROAD route number. Location: TOWARD ROAD route number C9. Crash Crash Roadway The number of miles (to the nearest Location: Distance hundredth) outside municipality the crash Outside Municipality occurred. C9. Crash Crash Roadway The distance, in miles, from the From Road to Location: Distance where the item occurred or is located. from the From Road C9. Crash Crash Roadway Distance, in feet, from the nearest intersecting Location: Distance street. from the nearest intersecting street C9. Crash Crash Roadway From Road route class. Example: US, NC, I Location: From Road route class C9. Crash Crash Roadway From Road route number. Example : 1, 50, 40 Location: From Road route number C9. Crash Crash Roadway From Road route type. Location: From Road route type C9. Crash Crash Roadway Identifies the direction of the accident from the Location: Direction FROM ROAD. from road C9. Crash Crash Roadway Identifies the degree of confidence in the Location: Degree of milepost value given to the accident location confidence in by the Merge mileposting routine. milepost value C9. Crash Crash Roadway The 8-digit code for the closest road or feature Location: The 8-digit referenced to help identify where the item code for the closest occurred or is located. road C9. Crash Crash Roadway Location's Latitude number. Location: Latitude C9. Crash Crash Roadway Identifies the location has been remileposted. Location: Milepost indicator Thursday, January 10, 2019 Provisional Page 3 of 59 Fields: Crash Records from the Department of Motor Vehicles based on the 2015 DMV 349 Data Dictionary Provisional Category Field Description Source comments C9. Crash Crash Roadway Identifies that the milepost value was given, Location: Milepost not for the Location Road On Code, but for the Lane Indicator Location Primary ID Feature. This occurs when the Location Road On Code is not an inventoried rout, but the Location Primary ID Feature is inventoried, and the a C9. Crash Crash Roadway Location's Altitude number. Location: Altitude C9. Crash Crash Roadway On Road route class. Example: US, NC, I Location: On Road route class C9. Crash Crash Roadway The 8-digit code for the on road. Location: The 8-digit code for the on road C9. Crash Crash Roadway Document the 8-digit code corresponding to Location: 8-digit the road used for mileposting purposes. This code for road used may be the Location Road On Code or the for mile-posting Location Primary ID Feature. 8-digit code for road used for mileposting 8-digit code for road used for mileposting 8-digit code for road used for mileposting C9. Crash Crash Roadway Identifies the direction of the accident from the Location: Direction TOWARD ROAD. toward road C10. Crash Predominant The predominant type of development in the Source: Refer to location block on DMV-349 Form. Development Type area in which the crash occurred. Examples Rationale: Important for analyses of programs by area development (residential vs. are: Commercial (mainly retail stores), commercial, etc.). Institutional (schools, hospitals, government buildings, etc.). 1 Farms, Woods, Pastures 2 Residential 3 Commercial 4 Institutional 5 Industrial 6 Unknown Thursday, January 10, 2019 Provisional Page 4 of 59 Fields: Crash Records from the Department of Motor Vehicles based on the 2015 DMV 349 Data Dictionary Provisional Category Field Description Source comments C11. Crash First Harmful Event The injury of damage producing event, which Source: Refer to ANSI D16.1 Classification Manual for definitions of specific attributes (at Crash Level) characterizes the crash type and identifies the and block 10 on DMV-349 Form. nature of the first harmful event. This data Rationale: Needed for uniformity in reported motor vehicle crash statistics, element focuses on the First Harmful event at understanding crash causation, and identifying possible crash avoidance the Crash Level, rather than at the Vehicle countermeasures. For analytic purposes it may be desirable to collect and use Level. information about subsequent events, some of which may be harmful. See Sequence of Events (V32). 0 Unknown 1 Ran Off Road - Right 2 Ran Off Road - Left 3 Ran Off Road - Straight 4 Jackknife 5 Overturn/Rollover 13 Other Non-Collision 14 Pedestrian 15 Pedalcyclist 16 RR Train, Engine 17 Animal 18 Movable Object 19 Fixed Object 20 Parked Motor Vehicle 21 Rear End, Slow Or Stop 22 Rear End, Turn 23 Left Turn, Same Roadway 24 Left Turn, Different Roadways 25 Right Turn, Same Roadway 26 Right Turn, Different Roadways 27 Head On 28 Sideswipe, Same Direction 29 Sideswipe,Opposite Direction 30 Angle 31 Backing Up 32 Other Collision With Vehicle Thursday, January 10, 2019 Provisional Page 5 of 59 Fields: Crash Records from the Department of Motor Vehicles based on the 2015 DMV 349 Data Dictionary Provisional Category Field Description Source comments C12.