A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE ROLE OF VEHICLE HANDLING IN ACCIDENT CAUSATION. VOLUME I. TECHNICAL REPORT AND APPENDIX A

A review of the literature on the role of vehicle handling in accident causation shows that there has been much conjecture regarding the link between vehicle handling and accidents. Little of a defensible nature is apparent other than vehicle size seems to correlate with accident experience. An examination of available mass accident data also shows this apparent size effect as well as some correlations between (1) vehicle track width and rollover accidents, (2) driver age and size of car, (3) size of car and accidents on curves, and (4) driver age and accidents on curves.

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dunlap, D F
  • Segel, L
  • Preston, F L
  • Cooley, P
  • Brown, B C
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 267 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Braking; Crash causes; Crash injury research; Crashes; Drivers; Dynamic loads; Handling characteristics; Highway curves; Human factors engineering; Mechanical stability; Motor vehicles; Prevention; Research; Rollover crashes; Safety; Size; Steering; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age; Dynamic response; Handling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154785
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-261 Final Rpt., UM-HSRI-76-12-2
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00942
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM