A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE ROLE OF VEHICLE HANDLING IN ACCIDENT CAUSATION. SUMMARY REPORT

The report describes a study designed to develop a methodology for determining the role of vehicle handling in accident causation. The first part of the study deals with methods for uncovering statistical links between vehicle handling performance and accident experience. The second part consists of detailed methods for reconstructing the pre-crash phase of the accident-the phase in which vehicle handling factors are most important. The third part of the methodology consists of methods of defining the influence of specific vehicle handling characteristics on accident avoidance performance.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-266 003.
• 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: 1977-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Handling characteristics; Maneuverability; Precrash phase; Prevention; Research; Safety; Skid resistance; Stability (Mechanics); Statistics; Steering; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling; Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Precrash factors
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154851
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-321 Final Rpt., UM-MSRI-76-12
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00942
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM