MECHANICAL FACTORS STUDY

AN INSPECTION TO DETERMINE MECHANICAL CONDITIONS WAS CONDUCTED ON 424 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN SINGLE VEHICLE FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. MECHANICAL INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED BY EXPERIENCED MECHANICS. OF THE VEHICLES EXAMINED TWENTY-NINE PERCENT HAD ONE OR MORE PRECRASH MECHANICAL DEFECTS. THESE DEFECTS WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR SEVERITY AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE ACCIDENTS IN WHICH THE CARS AND DRIVERS WERE INVOLVED. IN THIS POPULATION OF SINGLE VEHICLE FATAL ACCIDENTS, ABOUT 6.4 PERCENT WERE CLASSIFIED AS HAVING BEEN CAUSED BY MECHANICAL FAILURE. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Calfornia Highway Patrol

  P.O. Box 942898
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94298-0001

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Fatalities; Inspection; Mechanical properties; Motor vehicles; Single vehicle crashes; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222596
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: B-1-34
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 19 1970 12:00AM