HUMAN FACTOR VARIABLES AND FATAL VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS: A PILOT STUDY

THE REPORT IS ONE OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RESEARCH SPECIAL STUDIES IN HUMAN FACTOR VARIABLES AND FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. THE RESULTS REPRESENT THE INITIAL FINDINGS RELATED TO 50 FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. A DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ARE GIVEN AS WELL AS RESULTS, CASE STUDIES, AND CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE NOT FULL LEGIBLE. /NTIS/

• Corporate Authors:

  Boston University

  /Accident Res Team
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Sterling-Smith, R S
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 47 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash investigation; Drivers; Fatalities; Human factors; Methodology; Multidisciplinary teams; Recommendations; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222364
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM