Risk Analysis

 

Risk analysis quantifies the real-world experience of vehicles, vehicle components, and other industrial consumer products to measure product risk in the context of similar products and operating environments.  For example, DRE performs risk analyses related to motor vehicle accident and occupant injury performance, comparing specific vehicles to peer vehicles, a class of vehicles, or all vehicles. 

DRE's data warehouse includes many large-scale federal and state databases (see table below).  DRE can also tailor analyses to proprietary databases, including warranty claims and other consumer related databases.  Data and risk analysis services include: database development and cross-database linkages, reliability assessment, survey design and data collection, statistical modeling and analysis, and product safety evaluations.  

 

DRE Data Warehouse

 

Database

Source

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 1975 - current

NHTSA

NASS Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) 1988- current

NHTSA

NASS General Estimates System (GES) 1988- current

NHTSA

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) 1980-current

CPSC

National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), formerly the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) 1983, 1990, 1995, 2001

FHA

ODI Consumer Complaint Files  1976 - current

NHTSA

ODI Equipment Safety Recall Performance Reports 1969 - current

NHTSA

ODI Safety-Related Defect Investigation Files 1972 - current

NHTSA

Recreational Boating Accident Report Data System (BARD) 1969 - current

USCG

State motor vehicle accident data:  Police Accident Report databases

Ÿ         Alabama (1990 - current)

Ÿ         Arkansas (1987 - 1996)

Ÿ         Florida (1986 - current)

Ÿ         Idaho (1985 - 1997)

Ÿ         Illinois (1985 - 1997)

Ÿ         Maryland (1987 - current)

Ÿ         Michigan (1985 - 1991)

Ÿ         Missouri (1989 - 1999)

Ÿ         New Jersey (2001 - current)

Ÿ         New Mexico (1989 - current)

Ÿ         North Carolina (1981 - 2000)

Ÿ         Ohio (1991 - 1997)

Ÿ         Pennsylvania (1988 - current)

Ÿ         Texas (1986 - 1995)

Ÿ         Washington (1990 - 1995)

Ÿ         Wisconsin (1994 - 1999)

various

 

Acronyms

CPSC               U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

DOT                U.S. Department of Transportation

FHA                 Federal Highway Administration, DOT

NASS               National Automotive Sampling System

NHTSA            National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT

ODI                 Office of Defect Investigation, NHTSA, DOT

USCG              U.S. Coast Guard