THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SMOKING AND ACCIDENTS: OVERDEPENDENCY AS AN INFLUENCING VARIABLE

INSURANCE COMPANIES AIDED IN TESTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SMOKING IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH ACCIDENT RATES. DRIVING RECORDS WERE AVAILABLE ON 1025 MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 25. STATISTICS ON THEIR SMOKING HABITS WERE COLLECTED. ACCIDENT-VIOLATION RECORDS COMPARISONS SHOWED THREE TIMES AS MANY HEAVY SMOKERS IN THE HIGH RECORD GROUP AS IN THE LOW RECORD GROUP. IMPLICATIONS OF THESE FINDINGS WERE DISCUSSED.

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  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021323194?urlappend=%3Bseq=649
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Adams, J R
  • Williams, E B
• Publication Date: 1966-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 583-588
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crash rates; Drivers; Human characteristics; Records management; Smoking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Records
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219871
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 2 2001 12:00AM