Hawai'i Crash Data Won't Stay A State Secret
By Rob Perez
After years of denying researchers, reporters and others access to Hawai'i crash data, the state said yesterday it intends to make available its massive volume of traffic accident information dating to 1986, a move that analysts say could help make Island roads safer.
LAWSUITS FEARED
The DOT maintained that the information was not public and would expose the state to greater liability in traffic-injury lawsuits if released.
