OPERATION 101-FINAL REPORT-PHASE 4, PART 2-RELATIONSHIPS

OPERATION 101 WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF INCREASED TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT ON ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS, USING THE BEFORE-AND-AFTER TECHNIQUE TO EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENFORCEMENT AND ACCIDENT RATES AND VIOLATIONS. THE PRESENT REPORT DOCUMENTS THE STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ALL THE VARIABLES TESTED IN THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED ON CALIFORNIA STATE HIGHWAY 101 FOR THE WHOLE OF 1964. THE FINDINGS OF THIS PHASE AND ALL PRECEDING PHASES ARE SUMMARIZED. IN GENERAL, THE FINAL MULTIPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT FOR REPORTABLE AND TOTAL ACCIDENTS WAS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUT OPERATIONALLY MEANINGLESS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Calfornia Highway Patrol

  P.O. Box 942898
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94298-0001
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 57 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Police patrol; Statistical analysis; Traffic regulations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic laws; Violations
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222054
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 1973 12:00AM