ACCIDENT RISK DUE TO AGE AND YEAR OF MANUFACTURE OF THE CAR

A NEW METHOD IS DESCRIBED WHICH HAS BEEN FOUND SUITABLE FOR SUPPLYING MASS DATA ON ROAD ACCIDENT EXPOSURE FOR THE COMPARISON OF RISK POTENTIALS OF VARIOUS DRIVERS, VEHICLES, AND ROAD NETWORKS. A SELECTION OF ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT RATES OF CARS PER 100,000,000 MILES OF PERFORMANCE, OBTAINED BY THE ABOVE METHOD, IS PRESENTED. THE RATES GIVEN, COMPARE RISK POTENTIALS OF CARS OF VARIOUS AGE, CLASSES AND YEARS OF MANUFACTURE, USED IN METROPOLITAN BRISBANE IN 1961. THE EFFECT OF THE AGE AND SEX OF THE DRIVER, THE DAY OF WEEK ON WHICH THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND THE POWER/WEIGHT RATIO OF THE VEHICLES INVOLVED ON CAR-INVOLVEMENT RATES ARE DISCUSSED. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 1303-1317, 7 FIG, 5 TAB, 6 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • FOLDVARY, L A
  • POTTER, D W
  • CAMERON, M H
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash exposure; Crash rates; Crashes; Days; Drivers; Gender; Hazards; Risk assessment; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle classification; Vehicle miles of travel; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Exposure
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220205
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM