A STUDY OF METHODOLOGICAL AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL VARIABLES IN ACCIDENT RESEARCH

ABOUT 2,800 LICENSE APPLICANTS WERE ADMINISTERED A BIOGRAPHICAL FORM AND THE MCGUIRE SAFE DRIVER SCALE; A TWO YEAR FOLLOW-UP ELICITED SUBSEQUENT DRIVING EXPERIENCE. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS RELATED TO EACH SUBJECT'S BACKGROUND, DRIVING HABITS, PREDICTABILITY FOR ACCIDENTS, AND CERTAIN ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY. IN ADDITION, A PRESENTATION IS MADE OF VARIOUS PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, ATTEMPTS MADE TO DEAL WITH THEM, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ACCIDENT RESEARCH. THE RESULTS ARE REPORTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS: OFFICIAL RECORDS AS SOURCES OF DATA; STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; THE MEASUREMENT OF EXPOSURE; DRIVING HABITS OF THE POPULATION; THE PREDICTION OF ACCIDENTS; THE RELATIONSHIP OF AGE AND SEX TO ACCIDENT FREQUENCY; THE ROLE OF MILEAGE IN THE PRODUCTION OF ACCIDENTS; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITATIONS AND ACCIDENTS; THE EFFECT OF UNCONTROLLED VARIABLES IN STUDIES OF DRIVER EDUCATION; AND PERSONALITY VARIABLES RELATED TO SAFE DRIVING.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 87 Pp, 21 FIG, 56 TAB, 26 REF, APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Public Health Service /US

  /Bu Commun Env Mangmnt
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • McGuire, F L
• Publication Date: 1971-3-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Behavior; Crash exposure; Crashes; Driver licensing; Driver training; Drivers; Forecasting; Gender; Knowledge; Personality; Psychological aspects; Safety; Traffic citations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experience; Exposure; Mileage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223479
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1971 12:00AM