Table 3.
GDL Policies and Data availability for the 12 states used in the analysis
States | Years of Data Availability | Year of GDL Adoption | IIHS Ranking | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
AR | 1998–2005 | 2002 | Marginal | |
CA | 1991–2004 | 1998 | Good | |
FL | 1991–2004 | 1996 | Marginal | in 2000 changed to Fair |
IL | 1991–2003 | 1998 | Marginal | |
MD | 1991–2005 | 1999 | Marginal | in 2005 changed to Good |
MI | 1991–2005 | 1997 | Fair | |
MO | 1991–2005 | 2001 | Marginal | |
MT | 1994–2005 | no GDL until 2005 | adopted GDL in 2006 | |
NM | 1990–2005 | 2000 | Good | |
PA | 1991–2005 | 1999 | Fair | |
VA | 1991–2004 | 1999 | Fair | in 2001 changed to Good |
WA | 1999–2005 | 2001 | Good |
Notes:
1. Illinois, 1996 is not used in the analysis since it contains only “state maintained road crashes” (page B-2 of user manual)
2. Washington 1999–2000 are not used in the analysis since they contain only “state route crashes” (page 4 of user manual)