SIX MOST FREQUENTLY CITED CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, B.C. 1982. COUNTERATTACK BRIEF REPORT NO.8

According to "The Most Frequently Cited Causes of Traffic Accidents, B.C., 1982" (CounterAttack, Ministry of Attorney General, May, 1983) the six causes most cited are, in descending order: driving without due care, alcohol involvement, speeding, failure to yield, the weather, and following too closely ("tailgating"). However, in order to effectively allocate limited public education and police resources to combatting these accident causes, one must first know where these causes occur most often. Consequently, it is the purpose of this report to examine the relative frequency of these six causes in terms of their incidence within the geographical bounds of the major police reporting groups throughout the province.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ministry of Attorney General

  CounterAttack Program, Police Services Branch
  Vancouver V6Z 2E6, BC  Canada 
• Authors:
  • MERCER, G W
• Publication Date: 1983-9

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contributing factors
• Geographic Terms: Named Geographic Features
• Old TRIS Terms: Geographical areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387415
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 382
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM