MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. FINAL REPORT

THIRTY SELECTED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE INVESTIGATED IN DEPTH BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, HUMAN, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND VEHICULAR FACTORS RELATING TO CAUSE WERE INVESTIGATED AND SUMMARIZED IN EACH CASE REPORT. HUMAN FAILURE, FREQUENTLY COMBINED WITH THE USE OF ALCOHOL, WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE CAUSATIVE FACTOR. DEFECT IN DESIGN OR FUNCTIONS OF THE VEHICLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WERE ALSO IMPORTANT IN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CASES BASED ON MEASUREMENTS OF SEVERITY OF HUMAN INJURIES AND VEHICLE DAMAGE. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

  New Mexico Acc Inv Prog
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87131
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Design; Human factors; Injuries; Loss and damage; Traffic crashes; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221392
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 104 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM