THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF DRIVER DEMERIT POINTS IN ONTARIO

In Ontario, demerit points predict future collisions much more strongly than do basic identifying variables, or previous collision. They are the best available means of identifying the high-risk driver. Without exposure data, we are unable to tell how much of the increased risk of high-point drivers is due to intrinsically "poor" driving, and how much is due to increased exposure. /HSRI/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Study sponsored by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Ottawa, Canada.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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• Authors:
  • Chipman, M L
  • Morgan, P P
• Conference:
  • 18th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Location: Toronto Ontario, Canada
  • Date: 1974-9-12 to 1974-9-14
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 18

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash exposure; Crash injury research; Crashes; Driver performance; Driver records; Drivers; Forecasting; High risk drivers; Human characteristics; Personnel performance; Point demerit systems; Research
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081458
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM