STUDY TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEHICLE DEFECTS AND FAILURES, AND VEHICLE CRASHES

RESULTS OF A TRI-LEVEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROGRAM ARE REPORTED. THE STUDY FOCUSED ON THE STATISTICAL DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE ROLES PLAYED BY HUMAN, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND VEHICULAR DEFICIENCIES IN CAUSING AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. THE STUDY WAS BASED IN MONROE COUNTY, INDIANA. CAUSATIVE FACTORS WERE IDENTIFIED AND RANKED. STUDY RESULTS ARE BASED ON 999 ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED ON THE ON-SITE LEVEL, AND 219 ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED ON THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEVEL. VOLUME I IS PART OF A FOUR-VOLUME SERIES. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • DOT-HS-034-2-263-VDP
• Corporate Authors:

  Indiana University, Bloomington

  Institute for Research in Public Safety
  Bloomington, IN  United States  47401
• Conference:
  • American Association for Auto Medicine Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 285 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Defects; Environmental impacts; Failure; Human factors; On the scene crash investigation; Research; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224542
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM