THE STABILITY OF DRIVING RECORD OVER TIME

TO INVESTIGATE THE RELIABILITY OF DRIVING RECORD DATA AS A CRITERION OF DRIVING PERFORMANCE, ACCIDENTS AND CONVICTIONS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ACCUMULATED BY 7841 CALIFORNIA DRIVERS OVER A 6-YEAR PERIOD WERE ANALYZED. THE RESULTS SHOW (1) CONVICTION EXPERIENCE IS A MUCH MORE STABLE DRIVER CHARACTERISTIC THAN ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE, (2) BOTH CONVICTION AND ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE ARE MORE STABLE FOR MALES THAN FOR FEMALES, AND (3) IN A GIVEN 3-YEAR PERIOD THE VAST MAJORITY OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVE DRIVERS WHO HAVE BEEN ACCIDENT-FREE IN THE PREVIOUS 3-YEAR PERIOD. THE LAST RESULT SUGGESTS THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD THE SO-CALLED 'NORMAL' DRIVER WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF PAY-OFF. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, No 1, PP 57-65, 8 TAB, 7 REF
• Authors:
  • BURG, A
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 57-65
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Gender; Human characteristics; Personnel performance; Records management; Stability (Mechanics); Traffic conviction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Convictions; Driver characteristics; Records
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221096
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1970 12:00AM