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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  • Accession Number: 00224207
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM