CHANGES IN ACCIDENT OCCURRENCE DURING THE YEARS 1961-1970

IN ORDER TO EXAMINE CHANGES IN ACCIDENT OCCURRENCE DURING THE YEARS 1961 TO 1970, 13 TYPES OF ACCIDENT (NON-OBSERVANCE OF PRIORITY, VARIOUS PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR, OVERTAKING, SKIDDING, CHILDREN ON THE ROAD, ERRORS DURING PASSING, NOT-KEEPING TO THE RIGHT, HEAD-ON-COLLISION, LEFT-TURN, OTHER MANEUVERS, SHARP BRAKING, NON-OBSERVANCE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL, AND MERGING MANEUVERS) WERE LISTED ACCORDING TO FREQUENCY AND ANALYZED BY MEANS OF POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION METHODS. THE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME IS ILLUSTRATED GRAPHICALLY. AN ANALYSIS OF DISTRIBUTION WITHIN ONE YEAR SHOWED NO CHANGE FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME OBSERVED. IN SPITE OF MARKED MODIFICATIONS IN ABSOLUTE FIGURES, DISTRIBUTION HAS REMAINED THE SAME FOR MOST TYPES OF ACCIDENT. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  R.F. Verk.-Recht /Austria

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• Authors:
  • KNOFLACHER, H
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 315-20
• Serial:
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Crash investigation; Crash rates; Crash types; Physical distribution; Regression analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222455
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 1974 12:00AM