KENTUCKY HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY WERE INVESTIGATED. SUMMARIES ARE PRESENTED OF CONCLUSIONS OF STUDIES DEALING WITH: (1) FATAL ACCIDENT TRENDS FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964; (2) FATAL, PERSONAL INJURY, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENTS IN 1964; (3) AGE OF LICENSED DRIVERS IN KENTUCKY; (4) DRIVING AND CRIMINAL RECORDS OF THE POPULATION OF LICENSED DRIVERS, THE "MOST PROBABLE CAUSES," AND THE "OTHER DRIVER" IN FATAL ACCIDENTS; (5) AGE OF VEHICLES REGISTERED IN 1964; (6) SEAT BELT USE; (7) VEHICLE DEFECTS IN FATAL ACCIDENTS; AND, (8) THE AGREEMENT OF BASIC DATA RECORDED ON POLICE REPORT FORMS AND INDIVIDUAL FORMS (RESULTING FROM THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT). WITH RESPECT TO FATAL ACCIDENT TRENDS, DRIVERS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR AGE GROUPS (16-17, 18-24, 25-44, AND 45-64 AND 65+), WITH INCREASES NOTED BETWEEN 1960-1964 FOR THE TWO YOUNGEST GROUPS. THE 18-24 GROUP IS INVOLVED IN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FATAL ACCIDENTS DURING THE SUMMER, SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER DURING THE WINTER, AND MOST OF THOSE WHICH OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 A.M. THE INVOLVEMENT OF FEMALE DRIVERS IN THE 25-44 GROUP IN FATAL ACCIDENTS INCREASED 100 PER CENT. DURING 1963 AND 1964 ALL BUT THE 65+ GROUP SHOWED INCREASES IN FATAL ACCIDENTS DURING THE FALL AND ON THE WEEKEND. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No S-120, 50 PP, 21 FIG
• Corporate Authors:

  Spindletop Research

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• Authors:
  • Gillespie, R H
• Publication Date: 1965-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Defects; Drivers; Fatalities; Financial responsibility; Highway safety; Injuries; Loss and damage; Manual safety belts; Property; Records management; Traffic crashes; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage; Records
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220836
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM