RECREATIONAL BOAT SAFETY COLLISION RESEARCH. PHASE I. VOLUME I. PROBLEMS DEFINITION

The conditions surrounding recreational boating collisions were probed in an attempt to obtain the information required to document probable causes and possible collision reduction techniques. Volume 1 contains problems definition. The document summarizes the results of work done to date as well as required additional efforts, as follows: Present collision investigation methodology, present collision data handling systems, present collision data coding methods, reports of collision investigations, data analysis and discussions, effects of stressors on human performance, effects of boat characteristics on human performance, human engineering principles applied to the control station, and education as a method of collision reduction.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • See also Volume 2, AD-A015 820.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Wyle Laboratories

    7800 Governors Drive West
    Huntsville, AL  United States  35805

    United States Coast Guard

    2100 Second Street, SW
    Washington, DC  United States  20593

    Department of Transportation

    1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Authors:
    • MacNeill, R
    • Momany, N
    • Stiehl, C
    • Lancaster, G
  • Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

  • Pagination: 283 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00093255
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
  • Report/Paper Numbers: MSR-74-20-Vol-1,Ph 1Final Rpt., USCG-D-143-75
  • Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-40672-A
  • Files: NTIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Dec 3 1976 12:00AM