THE PREDICTION OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS FOLLOWING THE SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL

ONE HUNDRED AND THREE VARIABLES WERE USED IN A SAMPLE OF 799 SUBJECTS TO PREDICT NON-TRIVIAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS DURING THE YEAR FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL. DRIVER EDUCATION AGAIN WAS FOUND TO BE UNIMPORTANT. SOME THEORETICAL CONCEPTS IN MEASUREMENT THEORY WERE USED TO ESTIMATE MAXIMUM MAGNITUDE OF RELATIONSHIPS. EVIDENCE OF THE VALUE OF MORE RESEARCH MONEY FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE ASPECTS OF ACCIDENTS IS PRESENTED. THE NEED FOR FIELD EXPERIMENTS IS STRESSED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 3, PP 180-195, 19 REF
• Authors:
  • Asher, W
  • DODSON, B
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Behavioral Research in Highway Safety
  • Publisher: Behavioral Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Crash rates; Driver training; Forecasting; High risk drivers; Social factors; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223675
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM