JANUARY 2005 - Accident Reconstruction Newsletter

This month's newsletter focuses on Pedestrian Accidents and Safety.

In 2003, 4,749 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in the United States — a decrease of 16 percent from the 5,649 pedestrians killed in 1993. On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 111 minutes. There were 70,000 pedestrians injured in traffic crashes in 2003. On average, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic crash every 8 minutes. Most pedestrian fatalities in 2003 occurred in urban areas (72 percent), at nonintersection locations (79 percent), in normal weather conditions (89 percent), and at night (65 percent). More than two-thirds (69 percent) of the 2003 pedestrian fatalities were males. In 2003, the male pedestrian fatality rate per 100,000 population was 2.27 — more than double the rate for females (1.01 per 100,000 population). The male pedestrian injury rate per 100,000 population in 2003 was 30, compared with 19 for females (see Table 5). In 2003, almost one-fourth (22 percent) of all children between the ages of 5 and 9 years who were killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians. Nearly one-fifth (17 percent) of all traffic fatalities under age 16 were pedestrians, and 7 percent of all the people under age 16 who were injured in traffic crashes were pedestrians.

>> Continue with Pedestrain Traffic Safety Facts 2003

What's New with the ARC Network:

The ARC Network just finished going through a major growing pain. Our web site has grown so much the computer servers running it could not handle the load! We spent the end of December and the first three weeks of January working on a remedy for the problem. In the mean-time someone, somewhere SPAMMED our mail servers which in effect shut down our mail servers for about 3 days. We unclogged the mail server, installed some extra SPAM protection and everything is back and running at 100%. If you have recently emailed the ARC Network and have not yet received a reply or answer to your email, there is a good chance we nevver recieved it - please resend it.

As for the computer servers, they also have been reconfigured and we have added serious bandwidth - about 35 GB per month. So to date all servers are up and running at 100%.

We have received a few emails that the December 2004 newsletter never arrived via email. This was partly due to the SPAMMING issue mentioned above. We had no way of knowing who received it and who did not. We did not want to just resend it to everyone for fear of duplicating the email message. The December 2004 newsletter is posted online in the Newsletter Section of the ARC Network along with all the past issues.

The ARC Network is also in the process of automating our membership registration and membership renewal process. We have already contracted for an electronic ecommerce merchant account and are now working on re-writing the database to tie in with an online credit card acceptance program. Hopefully, this new process will be much more convenient and easier for ARC Network members and potential members.

The ARC Network will be relocating its office
to Kirkland, Washington as of February 18, 2005.
Our new office will be located in downtown Kirkland. Our toll free number and our email address will remain the same. The office will be physically moved February 14-17th, however, we do not expect to experience any down time for the web site. We will just be unavailable for email and phone calls. Please update your contact information to:

ARC Network
118 Lake Street South, Suite G
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In Other News

1. The ARC-CSI Crash Conference2005 is scheduled for June 7-10, 2005 in Las Vegas , NV and we now have the registration from online for both attendees and exhibitors. We have already begun to receive enrollment for this crash conference.
   
   In addition to the ARC-CSI Crash Conference, Collision Safety Institute will be holding a one-day CDR Update Class on June 6, 2005 (the day before ARC-CSI starts). This class will be held at the same location as the ARC-CSI Crash Conference and you can also book a room with the same ARC-CSI code to get the special group rate. If you attend both the CDR Update class and ARC-CSI we will discount your registration by $50. All the information regarding this can be found at the ARC-CSI Crash Conference web site.
   
   MapScenes will also he holding a 2-day User Conference just prior to the ARC-CSI Crash Conference, June 5-6, 2005. This will also be held at the Palace Station (same as ARC-CSI) and you can receive the same special group rate as the ARC-CSI Crash Conference. Discounts are available for attending both conferences. Please visit the MapScenes web site for complete information, pricing and registration.
2. ARC Network Web Site Development: Lately we have received quite a few calls asking if the ARC Network can build and host a web site for their company. The answer is yes. We have a web development team to help your company establish an identity on the Internet. Last month we completed 3 new web sites for clients:
   
   www.rudydegger.com
   www.drnordhoff.com
   www.reconstructionists.com
   
   To view our complete portfolio of web sites and to learn more about our web site development plan, please visit the web site development section of the ARC Network.

   Testimonial:
   "The ARC Network's web site development services are outstanding! I continuously receive compliments about my web site. Since being affiliated with the ARC Network, along with the work they did to optimize my site, I have had a 169% increase from 2003 to 2004 in new visitors alone! The several calls from around the US and numerous emails from around the world only goes to back this up!"
   David Thornburg, www.collisionrecon.com

3. The ARC Network, in association with Vetronix Corporation, is now offering a $200 rebate on the purchase of a new Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) System Kit. This rebate is only valid if you purchase the CDR Kit through the ARC Network. We have a companion web site to support this exciting new benefit for ARC Network users - www.crash-data-retrieval-system.com

Each month the ARC Network continues to grow with new memberships and contacts. We now have over 500 members and going strong. We would like to thank everyone for their support.

The ARC Network would like to thank everyone for continuing to make the ARC Network the number one web site for accident reconstruction and traffic investigation.

• Beta Testing of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool
• Literature Review on Vehicle Travel
  Speeds and Pedestrian Injuries
• Pedestrian Safety 2003
• Bicycle Safety 2003
• Pedestrian Roadway Fatalities
• Electronic Accident Forms Boost Reporting Efficiency; Data Can Be Linked With Records Systems
• Children Safety 2003
• Traffic Safety Facts 2003 - Complete Guide
• NAPARS: Chuck Pembleton Steps Down as President
• ARC-CSI Crash Conference 2005
• $200 discount on the CDR System Kit
• ARC Network New Members
• Accident Reconstruction Education and Training Events - 16 new training events added.
  
• In The News
• Membership Information

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