VEHICLE DETERIORATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

THE INVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS ARE REPORTED ON A ONE-YEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM WHOSE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH DEFECTS, MALFUNCTIONS AND VEHICLE SUBSYSTEM MALADJUSTMENTS CAUSE AND CONTRIBUTE TO CRASHES. THE EFFORT INCLUDED A LITERATURE SURVEY, FORMULATION OF A PLAN OF WORK AND METHODOLOGY AND INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS IN WHICH VEHICLE DEFECTS WERE BELIEVED TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. A SAMPLE OF ALL ACCIDENTS IN MONROE COUNTY WAS ALSO ANALYZED WHICH SOUGHT TO RELATE VARIOUS ACCIDENT FACTORS TO VEHICLE AGE AND MAKE. TWENTY-SEVEN CASE SUMMARIES ARE INCLUDED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No Vds-T-1, 150 PP, 37 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Rochester University

  /Res Acc Inv Team
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • STATES, J D
  • Balcerak, J C
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Defects; Reviews; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223559
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 6 1970 12:00AM