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Crash Query - Crash Summary Report

What's in the Crash Summary Report and how to create one

Written by Greg Olsen

The Crash Summary Report is a PDF of your Crash Query results: the filters you applied, a map of the area with its total and fatal crashes, and every metric in your Metrics tab. You can add your charts too. This article shows what's in the report and how to create one.
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What's in the Report

  • Header: The report title, the date it was created, who created it, and the data extents (the date range).

  • Applied Filters: The filters in your query.

  • Map: The report area, with the Total Crashes and Fatal Crashes for that area.

  • Metrics: Every metric in your Metrics tab, with the count and percent for each value.

  • Charts (optional): Your charts from Chart Builder, below the metrics. Bar, stacked bar, grouped bar, line, and pie charts can be added. Pivot tables can't.
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Create a Summary Report

  1. Set up your query. Add the filters you want, and select the metrics in the Metrics tab. The report includes the metrics shown there.

  2. To include charts, create them in Chart Builder first.

  3. Click the Download icon (down arrow) in the top-right corner, to the left of Save.

  4. Click Summary.

Report window in Crash Query with Summary, Before/After, and Over-representation

(The report types)
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5. In Report Options, enter a Report Title (it starts as your query name) and, optionally, Requested By. To add your charts, select Include Charts Below Metrics. This checkbox only appears when your query has at least one chart.
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Report Options window with Report Title, Requested By, Include Charts Below Metrics, and Create Report

(The Report Options window for a Summary report)
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6. Click Create Report. A preview of the report opens.

7. Review the report. To save it, click Save & Download in the top-right corner. To go back to Crash Query without saving, click Back in the top-left corner.
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Crash Summary Report preview with the Back and Save & Download buttons outlined

(The report preview, with Back and Save & Download)
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The PDF downloads to your computer, and the report is saved in Reports under Reports > Archives, where you can download it again.

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