ANALYSIS OF STUDIES COMPARING COLLISION-INVOLVED DRIVERS AND NON-INVOLVED DRIVERS

THE FIVE STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND COLLISIONS THAT INCLUDED "NON-ACCIDENT" POPULATIONS ARE FREQUENTLY MISQUOTED, MISREAD, OR THE SUBJECT OF UNWARRANTED GENERALIZATIONS. THOSE STUDIES BY HOLCOMB, LUCAS, VAMOSI, MCCARROLL AND BORKENSTEIN WERE UNIQUE, THE METHODOLGIES VARIED WIDELY AND THE POPULATIONS STUDIED WERE DISTINCTIVE; ANY GROUPING OF DATA OR COMPARISONS BETWEEN OR AMONG THESE STUDIES MAY LEAD TO SPUROIUS CONCLUSIONS. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE OF SOME HISTORICAL INTEREST, AT THE PRESENT LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY THEY ARE OF LITTLE APPLICABLE VALUE. THEIR IMPORTANCE IS IN THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE. GIVEN SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL AND PUBLIC SUPPORT THE METHODOLOGIES CAN BE MODIFIED AND ADAPTED TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE MANY VARIABLES IMPORTANT TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. SUCH STUDIES WOULD BE USEFUL TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS, ESTABLISH THE NEEDS FOR NEW COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAMS AND TO MEASURE THE RESULTS OF THESE PROGRAMS. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 3, No 3, PP 116-128
• Authors:
  • ZYLMAN, R
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Crash investigation; Methodology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221469
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1971 12:00AM