OPERATIONS RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS FOR SAFETY SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

HIGHWAY SAFETY IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM WHICH CALLS FOR THE USE OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, RATHER THAN THE "COMMON SENSE" APPROACH WHICH HAS HERETOFORE GENERALLY BEEN APPLIED TO IT. THE FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS CAN BE MET IN MANY ALTERNATIVE WAYS. OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS CAN HELP SELECT THE MOST BENEFICIAL WAYS IN WHICH COMPLIANCE MAY BE ACHIEVED BY AIDING IN TESTING THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND SUB-ELEMENTS. IN THIS WAY, ELEMENTS AND SUB- ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM WHICH ARE BASED ON INVALID THEORIES OF ACCIDENT CAUSATION CAN BE ELIMINATED AND MORE EFFECTIVE ONES SUBSTITUTED. ALSO, PREVIOUS UNKNOWN FACTORS MAY BE DISCOVERED AND THEIR INFLUENCE DETERMINED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 4, PP 227-235
• Corporate Authors:

  Behavioral Publications

  2852 Broadway
  New York, NY  United States  10025
• Authors:
  • Scott, B Y
  • TOURIN, B
  • Hollenberg, C S
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Behavioral Research in Highway Safety
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Behavioral Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Highway safety; Management; Operations research; Systems analysis
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221415
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-010 033
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM