THE 1964 CALIFORNIA DRIVER RECORD STUDY. PART 1. AN INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION

THE PURPOSE WAS: (1) TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH ESTIMATES OF DRIVER POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS FOR FUTURE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING PURPOSES. (2) TO PROVIDE DATA ON THE CALIFORNIA DRIVING POPULATION FOR DESCRIPTIVE PURPOSES AND FOR PROVIDING NORMATIVE DATA FOR USE IN COMPARATIVE STUDIES. AND (3) TO EXPLORE, THROUGH CORRELATION AND OTHER STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES, THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIABLES, THUS DERIVING CLUES TO THE CAUSES AND CONTROL OF ACCIDENTS. THIS FIRST REPORT OF A NINE PART STUDY IS LIMITED TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODOLOGY USED IN THE SAMPLE SELECTION AND DATA GATHERING. THE COLLECTED DATA IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED AND THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCING OF FORTHCOMING REPORTS IS DESCRIBED. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rpt No 20, 15 PP, 2 FIG
• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Motor Vehicles

  P.O. Box 11828, 2415 1st Avenue
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95813
• Publication Date: 1964-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Data collection; Drivers; Methodology; Records management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics; Records
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220847
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 15 1970 12:00AM