INVESTIGATION OF MOTOR-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS INVOLVING OFF-DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL

WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS, SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY OF THIS STUDY, THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS SEEM WARRANTED; (1) MOST MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED WHILE MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE IN THE FOLLOWING STATUS CATEGORIES: (1) ON LEAVE OR PASS--OFF POST; (2) OFF DUTY--OFF POST; (3) OFF DUTY--ON POST. (2) THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENTS AMONG GRADE LEVELS. (3) THERE IS SIGNIFICANT VARIATION OF ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENTS AMONG THE HOURS OF THE DAY. (4) THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENTS AMONG THE VARIOUS DAYS OF THE WEEK. (5) THE ONLY DAY OF THE MONTH THAT SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT VARIATION WAS THE FIRST DAY. THERE ARE STRONG INDICATIONS THAT THIS IS IN SOME WAY RELATED TO THE ARMY PAYDAY, WHICH IS ONCE A MONTH. (6) AGE IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 52 Pp, 45 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Lollis, T E
• Publication Date: 1966

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Days; Hours; Military organizations; Personnel; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Military; Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220829
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 1970 12:00AM