VEHICLE HANDLING STUDY: AN ASSESSMENT OF TIRE CONDITIONS (DECEMBER 1978)

The data reveal generally poor tire maintenance practices in both samples, with evidence that mixed carcass constructions and large inflation pressure imbalances are overrepresented in accidents, and low tread depth is overrepresented in accidents on wet or slippery roads. These conclusions are tentative because of the limited number of vehicles in the accident sample, and because the control group may not adequately represent the population which generated the accident sample. More definitive control-group data and development of a definition of vehicle-handling accidents are recommended. Data relevant to determination of the potential role of vehicle handling in accident causation, principally tire data, were collected on 1044 vehicles in these accidents. Limited tire data were also obtained.

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Publication Date: 1978-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highways; Safety and security; Transportation safety
• Subject Areas: Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00321104
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Systems Center
• Files: TSR
• Created Date: Oct 30 1982 12:00AM