INTERACTION BETWEEN CAUSALLY-IMPLICATED DRIVER MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND DRIVER ERRORS CAUSING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

The relationships between driver behaviors causing and immediately preceding an accident (Direct Causes), and accident causative impairments in drivers' predisposing mental and physical states (Indirect Causes) are analyzed from a representative sample of 420 traffic accidents. A Relative Involvement Factor (RIF) is developed to reflect the change in the likelihood of any accident-causing behavior being implicated given the existence of a causally relevant mental or physical impairment. The analysis indicates that causative conditions and states suppress certain direct causes while increasing the likelihood of others. Specific relationships are discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and Technical Program of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society, July 11-16, 1976, at the University of Maryland, College Park.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Ergonomics Association

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  Human Factors Society

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• Authors:
  • Shinar, D
  • McDonald, S T
  • Treat, J R
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 329-334
• Serial:
  • Publication of: International Ergonomics Association
  • Publisher: International Ergonomics Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobile drivers; Behavior; Crash causes; Drivers; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Prevention; Safety; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156394
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM