VEHICLES DESIGN ELEMENTS AFFECTING TRAFFIC SAFETY OUT-OF-STATE DRIVERS

VSDSS REPORT #15 IS CONCERNED WITH THE DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING OUT-OF-STATE DRIVERS. STUDY VARIABLES INCLUDE SEX AND AGE OF DRIVER, HOUR OF THE DAY, DAY OF THE WEEK AND SEASON DURING WHICH THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND STATE OF ORIGIN OF THE OUT-OF-STATE DRIVER. STUDY FINDINGS ARE BASED ON A COMPARISON OF SEVERITY WITH COLLISIONS OF NEW YORK STATE DRIVERS. THE TWO GROUPS ARE SIMILAR IN THAT OLD PEOPLE AND WOMEN HAVE A GREATER SHARE OF THEIR ACCIDENTS IN THE DAYTIME AND IN THAT ACCIDENT SEVERITY IS GREATER AT NIGHT. THE TWO GROUPS DIFFER IN THAT THE OUT-OF-STATE DRIVERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE YOUNG, TO BE MALE, TO HAVE WEEKEND AND SUMMER ACCIDENTS AND TO HAVE A GREATER SEVERITY OF INJURY TO OLDER MALES AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE WINTER ACCIDENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

  Governor Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza
  Albany, NY  United States  12228
• Authors:
  • Milic, P L
• Publication Date: 1971-7

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash severity; Drivers; Gender; Seasons; Weekdays; Weekends
• Old TRIS Terms: Out of state
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223842
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 7 1972 12:00AM