JP Research has largely made its name through expert utilization and exhaustive knowledge of the major crash data files in the US. A leader in the area of performing safety and risk analyses using national crash data, JP Research has been breaking new ground, in the US and abroad, through its comprehensive analyses of state-collected and maintained crash data—in particular, of the detailed police reports whose entries form the basis of the national crash databases.

STATE DATABASES MAINTAINED IN-HOUSE

JP Research has one of the largest repositories of government collected accident data in the world. JP Research is also unique in its ability to link hospital data to accident records for selected states.

NHTSA Databases Maintained In-House

• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
• National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS/CDS)
• General Estimates System (GES)
• Special Crash Investigation (SCI) Files
• Office of Defects Investigation Consumer Complaints Data

STATE DATABASES MAINTAINED IN-HOUSE

JP Research has over 20 State Motor Vehicle Accident Databases maintained for in-house analysis, in addition to access to individual police accident reports (PARs) from over 20 states.

Additional In-House Databases Available for Accident Analysis

• Motor vehicle registration data, R.L. Polk & Company
• Consumer Products
• Heavy Trucks & Buses
• Occupational Injury
• Trauma center data from selected California hospitals
• National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
• Boating Accidents
• Death Certificates
• Driver & Occupant Surveys

Other Types of Data

Some of the other data sources routinely used by JP Research, particularly for analyzing product/parts performance and failures, include:

• Insurance/warranty/customer complaints data
• Lawsuit incident data
• Inspection/testing data
• Standardized surveys
• Dealer information