SURVEY OF DRIVER EXPOSURE TO RISK OF ACCIDENT: AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINDINGS (NEW ZEALAND)

Data are analyzed from a bi-level study of driver exposure and accidents reported to the New Zealand Ministry of Transport. Teenagers and, to a lesser extent, elderly drivers in New Zealand are more commonly at fault per mileage driven than middle-age people. Motorcyclists' accident risk is higher than that of car drivers, partly because their mileage-weighted mean age is much lower. Accident risk is associated with vehicle age, posted speed limit, time of day and month, and driving experience. The fuel conservation potential of several measures is analyzed: encouraging motorcycling at the expense of car driving, banning large cars, and carless days and traffic curfews.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ministry of Transport, New Zealand

  38-42 Waring Taylor Street, P.O. Box 3175
  Wellington,   New Zealand 
• Authors:
  • WHITE, W T
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Aged drivers; Automobiles; Crash exposure; Drivers; High risk drivers; Knowledge; Motor vehicles; Motorcycles; Risk analysis; Service life; Speed limits; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle age
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• Old TRIS Terms: Time factor
• Subject Areas: Design; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382562
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-029 043
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM