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

ONE HUNDRED AND THREE VARIABLES WERE USED IN A UNITED STATES 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. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Behavioral Publications

  2852 Broadway
  New York, NY  United States  10025
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 180-95
• Serial:
  • Behavioral Research in Highway Safety
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Behavioral Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Crashes; Driver training; Drivers; Field tests; High schools
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221689
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-010 033
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 7 1972 12:00AM