DRIVER EXPOSURE - INDIRECT APPROACH FOR OBTAINING RELATIVE MEASURES

THE EFFORTS IN THIS STUDY ARE AIMED AT OBTAINING A MEASURE OF THE EXPOSURE WHICH A CLASS OF DRIVERS EXPERIENCES RELATIVE TO OTHER SIMILAR CLASSES. THESE DRIVER CLASSES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY AGE GROUP AND SEX. A MEASURE OF RELATIVE EXPOSURE HAS BEEN ESTIMATED FOR EACH OF THE CLASSES UNDER VARYING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THE SOURCES OF DATA WERE THE DRIVER LICENSING AND ALL MOTOR VEHICLES ACCIDENT RECORDS AS KEPT BY 25 STATES FOR THE YEAR 1969. THESE STATES ACCOUNT FOR OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE DRIVING POPULATION AND SUBMITTED RECORDS OF OVER 1.7 MILLION ACCIDENTS INVOLVING TWO OR MORE VEHICLES. THIS STUDY SUBDIVIDES THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED DRIVER CLASSES (AGE-SEX) INTO TWO GROUPS: THE RESPONSIBLE AND THE NOT RESPONSIBLE. BY ANALYZING THE NOT RESPONSIBLE GROUP A MEASURE OF RELATIVE EXPOSURE IS OBTAINED, WHILE THE ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSIBLE GROUP YIELDED AN INDICATIVE MEASURE OF THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH EACH DRIVER CLASS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cerrelli, E C
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 125 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Gender; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver investigation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222110
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 17 1973 12:00AM