AN ACCIDENT-BASED ANALYSIS OF ROAD-USER ERRORS
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION OF ROAD-USER ERRORS AS PART OF AN AT-SCENE STUDY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS. DATA OBTAINED FROM ON-SITE INVESTIGATIONS AND FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS WERE USED TO DEVELOP A TENTATIVE CLASSIFICATION OF ROAD-USER ERRORS. TWO ERRORS ACCOUNTED FOR OVER HALF THE KNOWN ERRORS COMMITTED: THESE WERE FAILURE TO LOOK (28.5%) AND EXCESSIVE SPEED WITH REGARD TO THE CONDITIONS (25.3%). BASIC DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND IN THE CAUSAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ERRORS. SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED. /HSL/
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Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1800052
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Authors:
- CLAYTON, A B
- Publication Date: 1972
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 69-74
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Serial:
- Journal of Safety Research
- Volume: 4
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0022-4375
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Driver performance; Drivers; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Human factors; Multidisciplinary teams; Personnel performance; Speed
- Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224207
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM