MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. VOLUME II

The document presents results of a comprehensive analysis of data collected on male drivers over the entire span of the project -- 1968 to 1975. Particular emphasis has been placed on multivariate statistical techniques, especially factor analysis and discriminant analysis. The primary data base consisted of responses to structured and unstructured psychosocial interviews and questionnaires, police reports, autopsy findings, and Motor Vehicle Administration records. The interrelationships among the emergent psychosocial factors and background variables, on the one hand, and situational variables surrounding the accident (such as alcohol involvement, legal culpability, fatality status, number of cars involved, etc.), on the other, are presented and discussed. Major substantive findings to emerge over the seven years of data collection are summarized, and recommendations for reducing the death toll on the nation's highways are made.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1165
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-260 518.
• Corporate Authors:

  Maryland Medical-Legal Foundation, Incorporated

  111 Penn Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fisher, R S
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 91 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Autopsies; Casualties; Crash investigation; Data analysis; Discriminant analysis; Drivers; Factor analysis; Interviewing; Males; Mathematical analysis; Multivariate analysis; Prevention; Psychological aspects; Psychological tests; Questionnaires; Recommendations; Safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Discriminate analysis; Male drivers
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151821
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-034
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-198-3-770
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 11 1978 12:00AM