HUMAN ERROR IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

This article provides a brief overview of human information processing limitations and explains how these limitations can contribute to highway traffic accidents. It is considered a "first-principles" approach to accident investigation as it draws on knowledge of basic human psychological processes. Instead of looking at the driver from the outside, the authors attempt to understand his/her mental processing and how it interacts with the environment.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • http://www.ergogero.com/pages/roadaccidents.html
• Corporate Authors:

  ERGO/GERO

  235 Empress Avenue
  Toronto, Ontario M2N 3V1,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Green, M
  • Senders, J W
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Automobile driving; Crash causes; Decision making; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Human error; Perception; Physiological aspects; Psychological aspects; Reaction time; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00943796
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 2003 12:00AM