Road accidents and weather
This is a comparative study of the interrelationship between weather characteristics and road accidents, recorded in 1960 in the Melbourne metropolitan area. The daily total number, as well as the day time and night time number of personal injury accidents, were analyzed in phenomena. Firstly, the seasonal and the day of week variations of number of accidents were statistically eliminated, and the so obtained 'accident relative numbers' were used in the following study. This extended to the effect of rainfall and other types of precipitation, visibility, atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind, cloudiness, duration of sunshine, as well as the daily weather type, on the size of accident relative numbers. A multiple correlation analysis was carried out regarding the effect of rain, sunrise and sunset, public holidays and trend of increase on the number of accidents. Some statistically significant correlations were found (A).
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Authors:
- Foldvary, L A
- Ashton, H T
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- Publication Date: 1962
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 529-83
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Serial:
- Volume: 1
- Issue Number: 1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crashes; Daylight; Injuries; Night; Rain; Seasons; Statistical analysis; Tourism; Weather
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- ATRI Terms: Crash; Crash cause; Daylight; Injury; Night; Rain; Season; Statistics; Tourism; Weather
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01441299
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 24 2012 11:38PM