CAUSES OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

THE STUDY OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IS BOGGED DOWN BY DATA COLLECTION PROBLEMS, INSUFFICIENT ACCIDENT REPORTS, PROBLEMS IN TERMINOLOGY, AND BIASED RESEARCH. SOME MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES HAVE BEEN DONE IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS. ONE, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY BUREAU, STUDIED IN ATLANTA, USING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF A PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKER, MECHANICAL ENGINEER, CIVIL ENGINEER, PHYSICIAN AND PATHOLOGIST. THEY STUDIED ALL ASPECTS OF ONE HUNDRED VEHICULAR CRASHES. THE ARTICLE DETAILS THE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN, VEHICULAR, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WHICH TRIGGER ACCIDENTS. IT CONCLUDES THAT THEIR CAUSATIVE ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR COUNTERMEASURES IN ALL FIELDS.

• Authors:
  • Wright, P H
  • Baker, E J
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 41-5
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash causes; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crash types; Crashes; Multidisciplinary teams; Research; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222341
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1974 12:00AM