SPECIAL STUDY - SAFETY ASPECTS OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

THE STUDY EXPLORES AVAILABLE DATA SURROUNDING THE HAZARDS ATTENDING AN EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN THE USE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THE PAUCITY OF DATA, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SUITABLE CLASSIFICATIONS AND CATEGORIES FOR VARIOUS RECREATION-VEHICLE TYPES, DENIES THE STUDY STATISTICAL SUPPORT EXCEPT IN A FEW INSTANCES. AS AN ALTERNATIVE, THE STUDY CONSIDERS THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS ATTENDING EACH TYPE OF VEHICLE AND ITS USE, AND ILLUSTRATES THE REALITY OF THESE PROBLEMS, QUALITATIVELY, BY RELATING MANY OF THEM TO ACCIDENTS WHICH HAVE ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND IN WHICH MANY OF THESE SAFETY ISSUES HAVE APPEARED. THE STUDY RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OBTAIN AND STUDY THE DATA NECESSARY TO VERIFY THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IS URGED TO ESTABLISH SUITABLE CONTROLS, IN COOPERATION WITH THEIR STATE COUNTERPARTS, GOVERNING THE ENTRY BY MOTOR VEHICLES INTO CERTAIN WILDERNESS, FORESTRY, MOUNTAIN OR DESERT AREAS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 38 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1972-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Camping; Motor vehicles; Recreation; Trailers; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223930
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 28 1972 12:00AM