CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SINGLE CAR ACCIDENTS, FIRST FOLLOW-UP

THIS IS AN INTERIM REPORT ON A LONG RANGE INVESTIGATION OF THE IDENTIFYING CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SINGLE CAR ACCIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. THE PRESENT STUDY IS A SEQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL STUDY WHICH BEGAN IN 1961 AND WAS PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1965. THE PURPOSE OF BOTH THE ORIGINAL STUDY AND THE FOLLOW-UP IS TO RELATE THE INCIDENCE OF SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS TO CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS THE MOTORISTS OCCUPATION, AGE GROUP, AND PREVIOUS DRIVING RECORD. IN A SURVEY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE ORIGINAL STUDY, OCCUPATIONAL STATUS, DRIVING RECORD, AND AGE WERE FOUND TO BE CORRELATED WITH SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LISTED ACCIDENT FACTORS WOULD PERMIT THE IDENTIFICATION OF A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF HIGH ACCIDENT RISK DRIVERS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, B-1-12
• Corporate Authors:

  Calfornia Highway Patrol

  P.O. Box 942898
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94298-0001
• Authors:
  • Penn, H S
• Publication Date: 1966-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Drivers; Occupations; Records management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Single-car
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219668
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 1 1994 12:00AM