The Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Data Network Program

B. OBJECTIVES The objective of this cooperative agreement is to provide on-going support for CODES states to continue to: 1. Develop a CODES Data Network oflinked crash and injury data and facilitate access to the Network by NHTSA to support its research priorities. 2. Provide access to a network of data experts familiar with the use and analysis of linked statewide crash and injury outcome data. 3. Assist state data owners to institutionalize and expand CODES linked data to strengthen the CODES Data Network. 4. Serve as mentors to new CODES states and states interested in developing data linkage capabilities by providing technical assistance. 5. Develop, produce and publish a series of standardized reports and fact sheets useful to the traffic safety and injury control communities at state, local and national levels.