DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR ACCIDENT CAUSATION RESEARCH
The objective of this study was to fully develop and apply a methodology to study accident causation, which was outlined in a previous study. "Causal" factors are those pre-crash factors, which are statistically related to the accident rate for specific types of accidents, in specific pre-crash situations. To calculate accident rates, exposure measures matched to the pre-crash situations are needed. Data collection techniques to collect certain basic data by roadside observations were developed. A data collection design was developed, indicating when and where to collect data in Ulster and Schenectady Counties, New York. Data were collected, and exposure estimates for several pre-crash situations derived. Using police accident reports, accident rates were calculated for these pre-crash situations. The relations of these rates to various pre-crash factors and their interactions were studied. The general methodology is described in a separate "Manual for Accident Causation Research."
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Corporate Authors:
Center for the Environment and Man, Incorporated
275 Windsor Street
Hartford, CT United States 06120National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Joksch, H C
- Knoop, J C
- Publication Date: 1983-6
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 183 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash exposure; Crash rates; Data collection; Manuals; Methodology; Precrash phase; Research; Stochastic processes
- Old TRIS Terms: Precrash factors
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00393075
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: CEM 4286-751 Final Rpt., HS-806 576
- Contract Numbers: DTNH22-80-C-07284
- Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM