Chicago police crash reports are full of errors, study finds

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on April 23, 2012 at 11:44am

Broken News!

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Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on April 23, 2012 at 12:01pm

If you're not gonna read it just read this excerpt:

More than 70 percent of crash reports filled out byChicago Police Department officers were missing important data, and 30 percent had errors, according to the research conducted by the Illinois Department of Transportation at the city's request in 2008, based on 2006 data. Street names were frequently misreported, as was the proximity of crashes to intersections.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on April 23, 2012 at 12:03pm

And many crashes do not result in any reporting whatsoever.   

GIGO.

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