CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SINGLE-CAR ACCIDENTS: PART I

TWO CONSIDERATIONS DICATED THE CHOICE OF SINGLC-CAR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AS A SUBJECT FOR STUDY' /A/ THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT HAS SHOWN A STEADY INCREASE IN CALIFONR, AND /B/ THE DRIVER AT FAULT CAN BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED. THIS SURVEY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF ACCIDENTS THAT CASTS THE MOST LIGHT ON CAUSATION. PART 1 USES THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM ACCIDENT REPORTS. PART 2 WILL APPROACH THE SUBJECT VIA DRIVER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA, AND PART 111 THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF A DRIVER ATTITUDE TEST TO A SAMPLE OF SINGLE-CAR ACCIDENT DRIVERS. MEANS OF PREDICTING DRIVER ACCIDENT POTENTIAL WILL BE EXPLORED AS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE STUDY. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Penn, Hugh S
• Discussers:
  • Baker, J Stannard
  • Miller, Gene
  • McCormack, C F
  • Penn, Hugh S
• Publication Date: 1965

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-16
• Monograph Title: Highway safety: 1963 and 1964
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 79
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Biographies; Crash causes; Data collection; Drivers; Reports; Single vehicle crashes; Surveys; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219559
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM