PSYCHOSOCIAL IDENTIFICATION OF DRIVERS RESPONSIBLE FOR FATAL VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS IN BOSTON
The report includes human factor data presentation, analysis, and evaluation of selected variables collected by the Boston University Traffic Accident Research Special Study team during their 30-month research. Human factor variables associated with operators of motor vehicles judged to have been the most responsible for vehicular accidents resulting in a personal fatality were investigated. Areas of interest presented on 300 operators include: demographic and psychosocial variables, historical patterns of alcohol use and accident-alcohol involvement, historical patterns of marijuana and street/entertainment drug use and accident involvement, the Risk Taking Behavior Scale (RTBS) and the Human Factor Stress Scale (HFSS).
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Supplemental Notes:
- See also PB-254 046.
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Corporate Authors:
Boston University
Traffic Accident Research Project
Boston, MA United States 02215National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Sterling-Smith, R S
- Publication Date: 1976-5
Media Info
- Pagination: 216 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Alcoholism; Behavior; Crash injury research; Crashes; Demographics; Drivers; Drugs; Fatalities; Hallucinogenic drugs; Hazards; History; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Offshore construction; Research; Risk assessment; Social psychology; Surveys; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
- Geographic Terms: Massachusetts
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology; Sociopsychological surveys
- Subject Areas: Highways; History; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00137049
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: Pt. 1 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-915
- Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-310-3-595
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 23 1976 12:00AM